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Unique ID: 1375 Added to Database: 1 November 2010 Last Edited: 20 March 2012 Type (ID): FV4005 (3488) Model (ID): FV4005 (3488) Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000) Location (ID): King George V Road Entrance (3002) Serial Number: Registration: 43 BA 09 (Hull registration). “07 SP 24” painted on nose and on a number plate on hull rear. Name: “SPUD” painted on turret sides. Other Identification: Collection Reference: E2005.2291. Links: Museum Vehicle Record – Hull Museum Vehicle Record – Turret Arcane AFVs References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Leyland Motors, Farington, Lancashire, North West England, Britain (Manufacturer) 2: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (BAOR Service June 1968 – December 1970) 3: Berlin Armoured Squadron, Berlin, Berlin, Germany (June 1971) 4: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (BAOR Service December 1972 – November 1975) 5: Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (27 Command Workshops REME – February 1980) 6: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (October 1980) 7: ATDU and Solitary Vehicles, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (September 1982-June 1998) 8: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (June 1998 – ca2005) 9: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location) 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 vehicle consists of an FV4005 turret mounted on a Centurion Mark 12 hull in May 2007 to give the appearance of an original FV4005 vehicle (source: Museum Vehicle Record). The turret was on display behind the museum car park for many years. The vehicle record cards show that the base Centurion was manufactured by Leyland and served with A Squadron 1RTR in BAOR in June 1968, A Squadron 9/12 Lancers in January 1969, QDG in December 1970, Berlin Armoured Squadron in June 1971, and was put on 2 ADS stock in December 1972. It was at 49 Field Regiment RA in November 1975, 27 Command Workshop in February 1980, Ludgershall in October 1980, and RAC Centre Bovington in September 1982 (manned by 3RTR then QRIH). In June 1998 it was gifted to DERA, and it was put on the museum books in 2005.

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March 2011 1: Front left view Taken: 8 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7226 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446526... Views: 539 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Front left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7223 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446443... Views: 451 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Front left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7224 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446491... Views: 927 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Front right view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7225 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446470... Views: 877 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
October 2008 5: Front left view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3898 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040138... Views: 241 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Front left view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3899 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040139... Views: 612 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		7: Left view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3900 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040140... Views: 291 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
8: Rear left view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3901 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040141... Views: 242 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Rear view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3902 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040142... Views: 329 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		10: Rear right view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3903 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040143... Views: 246 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
11: Right view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3904 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040144... Views: 284 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Front right view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3905 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040145... Views: 755 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		13: Front view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3906 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040137... Views: 240 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
14: Close-up Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3907 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040146... Views: 190 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		15: Mantlet Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3908 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040147... Views: 203 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		16: Name on turret side Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3909 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040148... Views: 193 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
17: Turret rear and engine deck Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3910 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040149... Views: 196 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
October 1982 18: Turret on display outside the museum before installation... Taken: 26 October 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6706 Added: 7 February 2012 Filename: Scan_Tur... Views: 232 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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