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Unique ID:
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1377
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Added to Database:
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1 November 2010
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Last Edited:
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24 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Centurion (3475)
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Model (ID):
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Centurion (3475)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016)
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Location (ID):
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Storage (3016)
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Serial Number: |
69: “ROF/L Hull 69/450 III” (source: Museum Vehicle Record).
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Registration: |
“09 BA 97” painted on nose and hull rear (and over-painted on nose).
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Other Identification: |
“40796T ESC” cast into left turret side. Painted overall in pale grey.
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Collection Reference: |
E1998.313. (Accession 1598).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
Wikipedia: MILAN
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Location History:
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1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Manufacturer of base vehicle)
2: Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (Ranges and 27 Command Workshops REME)
3: Larkhill Live Firing Range, Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA), Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (2003 – unconfirmed)
4: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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This tank was originally built as a Centurion Mark 3, to contract 6/FV/3891 dated 7 February 1952. The contractor was Director General of Ordnance Factories and involved a total of 450 tanks (cut back from an original order for 650). The first 377 (09BA28 to 13BA04) were completed as Mark 3 with the co-axial 7.92mm Besa, the remaining 73 (13BA05 to 13BA77) as Mark 5 with the .30 Browning. It was registered in service on 22 September 1952. Its early history is not recorded but a later card records it as being ‘Recovered’ (suggesting that it had spent some time on a target range) in 1975 and passing to HQ and Admin Wing, School of Infantry at Warminster. 27 Command Workshops REME, based at Warminster, is known to have converted three redundant Centurions to Range Target Tanks by sealing all apertures and laying on as much additional armour as possible. Various regiments are shown as operating this tank while acting as the demonstration battalion at Warminster including, in April 1984, 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from November 1984, 1st Battalion Worcester & Sherwood Foresters Regiment and, in August 1986, 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets. The tanks were used as mobile targets to train infantry in anti-tank operations using the Milan and Carl Gustav, firing inert projectiles. There is a possibility that 09BA97 was at Larkhill in 2003, possibly acting as a moving target for Swingfire. (Source: Museum Vehicle Record).
This tank was moved into storage from beside one of the museum entrance roads in November 2011 (source: Museum Vehicle Record).
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March 2011
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1: Front left view
Taken: 8 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7213
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58446200...
Views: 290
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2: Front view
Taken: 8 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7214
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58440755...
Views: 292
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7211
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58446114...
Views: 235
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4: Front right view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7212
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58446155...
Views: 281
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October 2008
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5: Front left view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3911
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040151...
Views: 169
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Left view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3912
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040152...
Views: 171
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Rear left view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3913
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040153...
Views: 198
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Rear view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3914
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040154...
Views: 172
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Rear right view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3915
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040155...
Views: 193
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10: Right view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3916
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040156...
Views: 189
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11: Front view
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3917
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040150...
Views: 182
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12: Turret close-up
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3918
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040174...
Views: 174
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13: Engine deck
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3919
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040176...
Views: 162
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14: Left side of turret
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3920
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040175...
Views: 167
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15: Registration on nose
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3921
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040173...
Views: 180
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16: Overview
Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3922
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040158...
Views: 197
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