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Unique ID:
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1985
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Added to Database:
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31 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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29 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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FV4006 Centurion (3490)
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Model (ID):
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Mark II (3494)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena (3020)
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Location (ID):
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Static Display (3021)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
89 BA 91: “89 BA 91” painted on superstructure front.
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Other Identification: |
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Collection Reference: |
E2007.3201.
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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: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent and sole manufacturer)
2: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Service with Blues & Royals and RHG/D and Life Guards 1968-72)
3: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (1973)
4: 38 Central Workshops – Chilwell, England (1973)
5: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (1973)
6: Mönchengladbach, Germany (17 BVD – 1974)
7: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Service with QRIH & 2 ADS 1975-7)
8: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (1979-82)
9: Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (27 Command Workshops – 1982)
10: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (1979-82)
11: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Service with 2 ADS and 4/7 DAG 1984-93)
12: Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (27 District Workshop plinth vehicle from 1993)
13: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, 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:
The Record Card for this ARV shows that it was with 2 ADS, Royals LAD, RHG/D LAD and Life Guards LAD from 1968-72, at CVD Ludgershall (and briefly at 38 Central Workshops) in 1973, with 17 BVD and 2 ADS (stock) in 1974-5. Then it served with QRIH LAD in 1977 before returning to Ludgershall in 1979. It underwent a ‘planned repair’ at 27 Command Workshop in 1982 before returning to Ludgershall. It was with 2 ADS and 4/7 DAG in 1984 before ending its service in 1993 and becoming a 27 District Workshop plinth vehicle. It was put on the museum books in 2007, and moved to the Tankfest arena in 2011.
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