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Unique ID:
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2143
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Added to Database:
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12 February 2012
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Last Edited:
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24 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Chieftain AVRE (3596)
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Model (ID):
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Chieftain AVRE (3596)
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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: |
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Registration: |
01 EB 21: “01 EB 21” painted on nose and front right mud flap.
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Other Identification: |
“21” painted on right hull side. Painted overall in a green and sand camouflage scheme.
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Collection Reference: |
E2009.863.
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
Larzac – Wikipedia.fr
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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 (Sole manufacturer)
2: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Served with Blues & Royals and RHG/D – 1968)
3: Larzac, France (ABU RAOC – 1971)
4: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Served with Life Guards & 2 ADS & 4 RTR – 1972-6)
5: Berlin Armoured Squadron, Berlin, Berlin, Germany (1979)
6: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Served with 2 ADS & 14/20 Hussars – 1989)
7: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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The Record Cards for this AVRE show that it was built as a Chieftain Mark 2 gun tank by Vickers Armstrong, with a Date in Service of 22 April 1968. It served with the Blues & Royals and RHG/D in 1968, ABU RAOC at Larzac (France) in 1971, the Life Guards in 1972, was at 2 ADS in October 1975 and in service with 4 RTR in December 1975. It then underwent a conversion (details unclear), and then was with RHG/D and 2 ADS in 1976. It underwent another conversion, was with 2 ADS, underwent a further conversion, then served with the Berlin Armoured Squadron, all in 1979. It was with 2 ADS in 1985, underwent further conversions, then served with 14/20 Hussars in 1989. It was assigned to the museum in 2009. It was a Mark 6/1, then a Mark 6/4C, before ending as an AVRE, so these are presumably some of the ‘conversions’ in its record.
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