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Unique ID: 551 Added to Database: September 2008 Last Edited: September 2008 Type (ID): FV4201 Chieftain (3570) Model (ID): Mark 5 (3578) Location Category (ID): Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Foreign Vehicles (2130) Location (ID): Hall 5: British and American Tanks (2130) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Sole manufacturer) 2: Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Foreign Vehicles, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia (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 Russia publication: In 1971 Iran placed an order for some 700 Chieftains, Marks 3/3P and 5/5P. Between 200 and 300 were captured by Iraq during fighting in the Middle East, many of which were undamaged, and this one, a Mark 5/5P, is likely to have come from that source. It has sections of armour cut out of its turret and hull and replaced with tin plate (source: R. Stickland). Text in Preserved Tanks In Russia Update: Additional photograph(s) available.

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Date Unknown 1: Front right view Taken: Date Unknown Contributor: J. Kinnear Photo ID: 663 Added: 5 October 2008 Filename: Scan_Chi... Views: 217 Select/Has Priority: 4/0		2: Front left view (cropped from the background of another ... Taken: Date Unknown Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 754 Added: 27 November 2008 Filename: Scan_Chi... Views: 228 Select/Has Priority: 25/0

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