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Location Category ID:
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3035
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Address: |
Range Control, The AFV Gunnery School, Lulworth Camp, Nr Wareham, Dorset BH20 5QF
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Telephone: |
01929 404714, 01929 404819,
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Official Website: |
Lulworth Ranges
Lulworth Access PDF
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Wikipedia
Dorset Tourist Information
Dartmoor Ranges PDF
Google Street View
Waymarking.com
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Latitude, Longitude: |
50.63574412
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-2.20293045
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Location Accuracy: |
7
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Tanks Previously Here: |
Long term:
1: A34 Comet Tank - National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA (Dates unknown)
2: FV4401 Contentious Tank Destroyer - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Dates unknown)
3: A41 Centurion Tank - The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (February 1972 – March 1975)
4: FV4201 Chieftain Tank - The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Gunnery trials until November 1962)
Short term:
1: Mark VIII Harry Hopkins Light Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Trials – ca 1960s)
2: A41 Centurion Tank - The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (ca2001-2009)
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The Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School barracks are located in the small village of East Lulworth. The School uses this area of the Purbeck hills, continuing all the way to Tyneham, for a gunnery range. The ranges are used for training gunnery instructors and for gunnery courses. The ranges are also used by ATDU and by some Field Army units.
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Heath / East Holme Range
Heath Range and the Tyneham Valley were taken into use by the Army during the Second World War.
| Location ID: | 3038 | | Latitude, Longitude: | 50.6318, -2.17644632 | | Location Accuracy: | 7 |
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Unique ID: |
1636
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Serial Number: |
Turret: 317 (“FV478236 FHL ?? WAR SER Nº 317” or similar cast into rear right turret side).
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Overall bare rusted metal with multiple penetrations.
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This Chieftain is little more than a rusted wreck. It consists primarily of the main hull and turret castings and some remaining roadwheels. All parts display many hits and penetrations through the front.
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Unique ID: |
1637
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Rusty, painted overall in a green and black camouflage scheme.
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This Chieftain is badly damaged; it is missing some roadwheels, both idlers and both tracks. Its gun has been broken off close to the mantlet.
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Unique ID: |
1638
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Overall bare rusted metal with multiple small calibre hits.
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This Chieftain is little more than a rusted wreck. It consists primarily of the main hull and turret castings and some remaining roadwheels. All parts display many small calibre hits, particularly on the front.
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Unique ID: |
1639
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Overall bare rusted metal with multiple small calibre hits.
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This Chieftain is little more than a rusted wreck. It consists primarily of the main hull and turret castings and some remaining suspension. All parts display many small calibre hits, particularly on the left side.
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Unique ID: |
1640
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Overall bare rusted metal.
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This Chieftain is little more than a rusted wreck, half buried and overgrown. It consists of just the main hull and turret castings and the gun barrel and is missing most other components.
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Unique ID: |
1641
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Overall bare rusted metal.
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This Chieftain is just a rusted wreck. It consists of parts of the hull and turret and is missing most other components.
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Bindon Range – Target Storage
At the end of Bindon Range is an area of land where vehicles are stored, presumably awaiting their turn on the ranges as targets.
| Location ID: | 3039 | | Latitude, Longitude: | 50.62376283, -2.21262664 | | Location Accuracy: | 7 |
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Unique ID: |
1627
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Rusty, painted overall in a dark grey / green and black camouflage scheme.
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