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UNIQUE ID 2156: FV4201 CHIEFTAIN TANK

(Model: Unknown Model)

Otterburn Training Area (OTA), Northumberland National Park, Britain

(Location: Redesdale)


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Unique ID: 2156
Added to Database: 18 February 2012
Last Edited: 18 February 2012
Type (ID): FV4201 Chieftain (3570)
Model (ID): Unknown Model (3592)
Location Category (ID): Otterburn Training Area (OTA) (3770)
Location (ID): Redesdale (3778)
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Links: Geograph
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Location History:
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1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Primary manufacturer)
2: Otterburn Training Area (OTA), Northumberland National Park, Northumberland, North East England, Britain (Current location)


Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

This Chieftain sits on the hill at the tank range at Redesdale. Elevated rail tracks are part of a target railway where small trucks carry large polystyrene targets down the hillside while Apache helicopters fire rockets at them. (Source: W. Stafford/Geograph).


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October 2005

Left view, photo by W. Stafford
1: Left view, photo by W. Stafford

Taken: 8 October 2005
Contributor: Geograph
Photo ID: 6759
Added: 19 February 2012
Filename: 1476671-...
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Select/Has Priority: 21/0