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Unique ID:
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1978
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Added to Database:
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30 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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22 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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Post War (British Steel Hall) (3014)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
64 KG 87: “64 KG 87” painted on nose and hull rear.
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Name: |
“CHURCHILL” painted on hull sides.
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Other Identification: |
“IIB” painted on turret sides, side skirts and rear hull. “۸” tactical marking painted on side skirts. Crew names painted on TOGS housing.
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Collection Reference: |
E2003.1326.
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Manufacturer)
2: First Gulf War, Location Unknown, Kuwait (Served with coalition forces 1991)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
4: ATDU and Solitary Vehicles, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Restoration by ABRO ca2003)
5: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
6: Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, London, Britain (Not the museum but Lord Mayor’s Show 2004)
7: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
8: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest June 2006)
9: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
10: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest June 2009)
11: 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:
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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Challenger 1 Mark 3 was commanded by General A. Denaro (then Colonel) during the first Gulf War. It carries the name ‘Churchill’, the traditional name for the Commanding Officer’s tank in the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars. It also displays the chevron device applied to all coalition vehicles during the war and the little red jerboa, or ‘Desert Rat’, of 7th Armoured Brigade. It does, however, lack the additional armour applied to these tanks while fighting in Iraq. It is in running order following restoration by ABRO. It took part in the Lord Mayor’s Show parade in London in 2004, plus Tankfests 2006 and 2009.
The following crew names are painted on the Thermal Optical and Gunnery Sight (TOGS) housing:
COMD – LT/COL DENARO
OP – CPL NUTT E019
GNR – L/CPL MCKENNA E026
DVR – TPR HAWKES E032 |
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