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Christopher F Foss

Christopher Frank Foss (mostly written Christopher F Foss; born 8 April 1946) is a British military information author. Between 1970-2017, he worked for the military information publisher Jane's Information Group as editor of Janes Armour and Artillery, Jane’s Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Jane's AFV System Upgrades and co-editor of other Jane's editions such as Jane’s Artillery and Air Defence and Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics.^[1][2] After stepping back in late 2017, Foss stayed on as a Consulting Editor with Janes for Jane's Defence Weekly and Jane's International Defence Review until late 2021.^[2] Since then he has continued writing articles for other military information publishers such as Shepard Media.^[2] During his career at Janes he was responsible for launching Jane’s Defence Review which later spun off into Jane's Soviet Intelligence Review and later Jane's Intelligence Review.^[2]

Life[edit]

Foss was born in Portsmouth to Frank Victor and Doris (née Dorsett) Foss. Foss attended high school in Portsmouth, England. He has been married to Elaine Jean Jenkins since 1972; they have one child, Robert James. Foss is a member of the Fortress Study Group.^[3]

Bibliography[edit]

During his career Foss wrote, co-wrote, edited or co-edited, or published approximately 100 books.^[4]

Author[edit]

• Jane's Pocket book of modern tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Macdonald & Jane's, London 1974.
• Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World. Ian Allan, London 1974.
• Artillery of the world. Ian Allan, London 1976. ISBN 978-3-87943-386-5
• Military vehicles of the world. Ian Allan, London 1976.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: a technical directory of major combat vehicles from World War 1 to the present day. Salamander Books, London 1977.
• Infantry Weapons of the World. Ian Allan, London 1979.
• Jane's Light Tanks and Armoured Cars. Jane's, London 1984.
• Jane's armored personnel carriers. Jane's 1985.
• Foss, Christopher F (1976). Jane's World Armoured Fighting Vehicles (1st? ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-354-01022-0.
• Foss, Christopher F (1983). Jane's Main Battle Tanks (1st ed.). London: Janes Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0277-4.
• Foss, Christopher F (1986). Jane's Main Battle Tanks (2nd ed.). London: Janes Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0372-X.
• Ray Bonds (Ed.): The Illustrated Dictionary of Modern Weapons: Warplanes, Tanks, Missiles, Warships, Artillery, Small arms. Salamander Books, London c1985.
• Foss, Christopher F (1985). Jane's Armoured Personnel Carriers. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0354-1.
• Foss, Christopher F (1987). Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicle Recognition Handbook (1st ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0432-7.
• The Vickers Tanks. (with Peter McKenzie). Stephens, 1988.
• Jane's AFV recognition handbook. Jane's, Coulsdon 1992.
• Warrior Mechanized Combat Vehicle, 1987–1994 New Vanguard, (with illustrations by Peter Sarson), Osprey, London 1994.
• Scorpion: Reconnaissance Vehicle, 1972–1994 New Vanguard, (with illustrations by Peter Sarson), Osprey, London 1995.
• Jane's modern tanks. HarperCollins, Glasgow 1995.
• Jane's tank & combat vehicle recognition guide. HarperCollins, Glasgow 1996.
• Modern land combat. (with David Miller), Salamander, London 2001. ISBN 978-3-7276-7092-3
• Jane's Tank recognition guide. Collins, London 2006.
• IHS Jane's land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & air Defence. IHS Jane's / IHS Global, Coulsdon 2012–2016.
• IHS Jane's land Warfare Platforms: System upgrades. IHS Janes / IHS Global, Coulsdon 2012–2016.
• IHS Jane's land Warfare Platforms: Armoured fighting vehicles. IHS Jane's / IHS Global, Coulsdon 2012–2016.

Editor[edit]

• Christopher F Foss, Ian Hogg (eds.): Battlefield: The Weapons of Modern land Warfare. Orbis, London 1986.

Janes Armour and Artillery

• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1979). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1979–80 (1st ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-354-00588-X.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1981). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1981–82 (2nd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0727-X.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1982). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1982–83 (3rd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0747-4.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1983). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1983–84 (4th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0781-4.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1985). Jane's Armour and Artillery 1985–86 (6th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0820-9.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (2011). Jane's Armour and Artillery 2011–2012 (32nd ed.). Surrey: Janes Information Group. ISBN 978-0-71062-960-9.

Janes Military Vehicles and Logistics

• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1979). Jane's Combat Support Equipment 1978–79 (1st ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0-354-00571-5.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1981). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1981 (2nd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0706-7.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1982). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1982 (3rd ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0740-7.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1983). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1983 (4th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0766-0.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1984). Jane's Military Vehicles and Ground Support Equipment 1984 (5th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0794-6.
• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1994). Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics 1994–95 (15th ed.). Surrey: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1162-5.

Janes AFV Retrofit Systems

• Tony Cullen and Christopher F Foss. (Ed.): Jane's AFV retrofit systems. Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon 1993.

Janes Land-Based Air Defense

• Foss, Christopher F, ed. (1992). Jane's Land-Based Air Defense. Surrey: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0710609795. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

Janes misc

• Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. Macdonald and Jane's, London 1974.
• An Illustrated guide to World War II tanks and fighting vehicles. Salamander, London c [1981], ISBN 978-0668052320. (Ray Bonds (ed.)
• Modern military trucks. Jane's, London 1981.
• Modern tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Jane's, London 1981.
• The encyclopedia of tanks and armored fighting vehicles: the comprehensive guide to over 900 armored fighting vehicles from 1915 to the present day. Spellmount, Staplehurst 2003, 2002.

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