THE TANK MUSEUM - RESERVE COLLECTION, BOVINGTON, DORSET, SOUTH WEST ENGLAND, BRITAIN
With Photographs From Contributor: Massimo Foti

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Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this location's profile page Location Category ID: 3016 Address: Telephone: Email: Opening Times: Official Website: Other Links: HMVF Latitude, Longitude: 50.69535497 , -2.24074423 Location Accuracy: 7 Tanks Previously Here: 1: Leopard C2 Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Until 2011) 2: M7B2 Priest Howitzer Motor Carriage - Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF), Portola Valley, San Mateo County, California, USA (From 1988) 3: M60A1 Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Dates unknown) 4: M103A2 Heavy Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Dates unknown) 5: T-34-85 Tank - Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, East England, Britain (From 1997) 6: T-34-85 Tank - 9th Re-enactment Society, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA (From 1997) 7: FV101 Scorpion CVR(T) Light Tank - Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, South East England, Britain (April – July 2005) 8: FV101 Scorpion CVR(T) Light Tank - Marcus Glenn, Little Sutton, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, Britain (Until November 2010) 9: A24 Cavalier Tank - Isle of Wight Military History Museum, Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East England, Britain (From 1996 – ca mid 2000s) 10: A30 Challenger Tank - Isle of Wight Military History Museum, Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East England, Britain (Dates unknown) 11: A34 Comet Tank - Isle of Wight Military History Museum, Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East England, Britain (1990-ca2000) 12: FV4201 Chieftain Tank - ATDU and Solitary Vehicles, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Presumed until 1994) 13: FV4201 Chieftain Tank - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, South East England, Britain (Until September 2003) 14: FV4030/2 Khalid Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Until restoration) 15: A22 Churchill Tank - Isle of Wight Military History Museum, Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East England, Britain (Until September 2002) 16: A22 Churchill Tank - Isle of Wight Military History Museum, Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East England, Britain (As Churchill ARK Armoured Ramp Carrier until ca2004) 17: A22 Churchill Tank - Isle of Wight Military History Museum, Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East England, Britain (Until September 2002) 18: Panzer 61 Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Dates unknown)

Storage The following vehicles have been acquired by the museum and are in storage. Some are in working order and kept for displays, some are awaiting restoration and some are undergoing restoration. They include vehicles in hangars, in the workshops, and those stored outside. Location ID: 3016 Latitude, Longitude: 50.69535497, -2.24074423 Location Accuracy: 7 1) Type 59 Tank Soviet / Chinese Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 2033 Serial Number: Registration: 68 MS 41 (British). Name: Other Identification: Painted overall in a sand and green camouflage scheme. This Type 59 is in running order and has taken part in a number of Tankfests (including 2006, 2010 and 2011).

2) T-55 Enigma Tank Soviet / Iraqi Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 1972 Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: “JeANNE”, “CHRIS”, “MUSTANG” and other graffiti spray-painted on left side armour. “CALVIN & HOBBS” and “91” spray-painted on rear of turret counterweight. This is a Polish built T-55K command tank that was used by the 5th Iraqi Mechanised Division (source: Museum Vehicle Record). Its label reads as follows: “This tank has been fitted with extra armour around the front and sides on both turret and hull. One armour pad has been cut open to reveal he multi-layer arrangement inside which consists of alternate plates of steel, rubber and aluminium. This is intended to defeat modern HEAT projectiles. Trials in the USA indicate that, crude as it appears, this system works quite well. However it increases the weight of the tank and reduces performance while the counter-balance, at the rear of the turret, suggests that it is affected by the extra weight. The sectioned armour pad is above the driver’s hatch. Unless the turret is in this position, and the pod raised as shown, the driver would be trapped”. This tank was moved into storage from the Post War Hall in November 2011 (source: Museum Vehicle Record).

3) Type 69-IIB Tank Soviet / Chinese Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 1973 Serial Number: B10861009: “B10861009” stamped into glacis. Registration: Name: Other Identification: “QT91” painted on top left of glacis. Slogan “DEATH TO ? ?” painted on bottom left of glacis. “T26” painted on front left mud flap. “T” and a red triangle painted on left side plates. Painted overall in a green and sand camouflage scheme. This is a Chinese built version of the T-54. It was manufactured in 1984 and is typical of a late production Type 69-II (source: Museum Vehicle Record). It was captured in Iraq, which had started to purchase the Type 69 in 1983, after which substantial deliveries followed. This exhibit was captured during the Gulf War and it appears to have served as a command tank. It is displayed with mannequins representing two members of the crew. The crude plumbing on its left side was designed to duct smoke from the exhaust and release it at the front of the tank as a smoke screen. This tank was moved into storage from the Post War Hall in November 2011 (source: Museum Vehicle Record).

4) Centurion MMWR Target Tank British Number of Photos: 1 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 2028 Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: ERA-style blocks attached to turret top and sides and hull front and sides. Fitted with triple rubber block tracks. This vehicle was put together as a target to test a millimetre-wave-radar targeting system; a major part of the hull (minus a piece tacked on the back) appears to come from one of the FV4202 40-ton Centurion prototypes used for Chieftain development (source: J. Web/AFVNDB). It has also been suggested that it was put together as a visual representation of a Soviet T-72 or similar tank; it is known as ‘Russian Concept Vehicle’ in its Museum Vehicle Record.