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Unique ID:
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1374
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Added to Database:
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1 November 2010
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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FV4030/4 Challenger 1 (3620)
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Model (ID):
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Challenger 1 (3620)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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Museum Building Entrance (3000)
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Serial Number: |
V3A2: “V3A2” painted on hull sides.
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Registration: |
05 SP 52: “05 SP 52” painted on nose and right hull rear.
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Name: |
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Other Identification: |
Yellow line and small yellow cross painted on hull sides.
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Collection Reference: |
E1994.23. (Accession 2394, Entry 1994.1110).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Location History:
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1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Manufacturer) 2: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (Testing – dates unknown) 3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Challenger is displayed beside the main door to the museum. It was a fully hydrogas instrumented test rig (source: Museum Vehicle Record). A Museum photograph shows it undergoing testing with a mix of roadwheel types at Chertsey.
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Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)
March 2011
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1: Front left view
Taken: 8 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7217 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446308... Views: 265 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7216 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58440860... Views: 290 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7215 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446266... Views: 1730 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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