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Unique ID: 2601 Added to Database: 11 September 2014 Last Edited: 4 January 2015 Type (ID): FV4030/4 Challenger 1 (3620) Model (ID): Challenger 1 (3620) Location Category (ID): Defence College of Management and Technology (3110) Location (ID): Exterior Display (3112) Serial Number: Registration: 05 SP 54: “05 SP 54” painted on nose and right hull rear. Name: Other Identification: “546-4544-47 CM1/684-1 81-P2 PHL-75” or similar stamped into nose. “AFVW” (‘AFV Wing’) insignia painted on turret sides. Painted overall in a green and black camouflage scheme. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Manufacturer) 2: Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, South East 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 Challenger is in a poor cosmetic condition; it is stored outside under a canopy but is otherwise exposed to the weather. It stands (with its turret reversed) at the end of the Cranfield Forensic Institute building and is apparently used to contain radioactive samples during testing.

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April 2014 1: Upper front left view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9921 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8250... Views: 210 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Upper front right view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9922 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8249... Views: 203 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Upper rear left view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9923 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8251... Views: 1785 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Upper rear right view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9924 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8252... Views: 194 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Front left view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9925 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8240... Views: 2288 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Front left view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9926 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8241... Views: 151 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Left view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9927 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8242... Views: 180 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Rear left view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9928 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8243... Views: 177 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Rear view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9929 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8244... Views: 167 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
10: Rear right view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9930 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8245... Views: 166 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		11: Right view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9931 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8246... Views: 1716 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Front right view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9932 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8247... Views: 164 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
13: Front right view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9933 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8248... Views: 155 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Front view Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9934 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8239... Views: 203 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		15: Markings on nose Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9935 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8253... Views: 172 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
16: Overview Taken: 29 April 2014 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9936 Added: 4 January 2015 Filename: IMG-8257... Views: 186 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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