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UNIQUE ID 1967: FV214 CONQUEROR HEAVY TANK

(Model: Mark 1)

The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Britain

(Location: Cold War - Tamiya Hall)


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Unique ID: 1967
Added to Database: 29 December 2011
Last Edited: 22 March 2012
Type (ID): FV214 Conqueror (3960)
Model (ID): Mark 1 (3962)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
Location (ID): Cold War - Tamiya Hall (3012)
Serial Number:
Registration: 40 BA 86: “40 BA 86” painted on nose.
Name:
Other Identification: RAC Centre markings painted on front mud flaps.
Collection Reference: E1965.16.1. (Accession 1665/1, Entry 1965.1016).
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: Royal Ordnance Factory Dalmuir, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Britain (Primary manufacturer)
2: ATDU and Solitary Vehicles, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Dates unknown)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:

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Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

This Conqueror is a Mark 1; it is fitted with a rear turret stowage rack. From its RAC Centre markings it is presumed to have previously been an instructional or display vehicle elsewhere at Bovington Camp. It was put on the museum books in 1965.


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October 2008

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6433
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1040018...
Views: 1868
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Front left view
2: Front left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6434
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1040019...
Views: 205
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Front view
3: Front view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6435
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1040020...
Views: 264
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Front right view
4: Front right view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6436
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1040023...
Views: 290
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Rear left view
5: Rear left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6437
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1040025...
Views: 8494
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Rear left view
6: Rear left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6438
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1040024...
Views: 276
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October 1982

Front left view
7: Front left view

Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6674
Added: 6 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Con...
Views: 1226
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