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Unique ID: 1374 Added to Database: 1 November 2010 Last Edited: 20 March 2012 Type (ID): FV4030/4 Challenger 1 (3620) Model (ID): Challenger 1 (3620) Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000) Location (ID): Museum Building Entrance (3000) Serial Number: V3A2: “V3A2” painted on hull sides. Registration: 05 SP 52: “05 SP 52” painted on nose and right hull rear. Name: Other Identification: Yellow line and small yellow cross painted on hull sides. Collection Reference: E1994.23. (Accession 2394, Entry 1994.1110). Links: Museum Vehicle Record References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Manufacturer) 2: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (Testing – dates unknown) 3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (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 Britain publication: This Challenger is displayed beside the main door to the museum. It was a fully hydrogas instrumented test rig (source: Museum Vehicle Record). A Museum photograph shows it undergoing testing with a mix of roadwheel types at Chertsey.

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March 2011 1: Front left view Taken: 8 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7217 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446308... Views: 277 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Front left view Taken: 7 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7216 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58440860... Views: 307 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Front left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7215 Added: 26 March 2012 Filename: 58446266... Views: 1763 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
October 2008 4: Front right view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3883 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040181... Views: 1125 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Front view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3884 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040179... Views: 254 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Front left view Taken: 30 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3885 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040180... Views: 220 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Front view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3875 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040082... Views: 201 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Front right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3876 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1030435... Views: 256 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Front left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3877 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1040081... Views: 175 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
10: Upper left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3878 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1030431... Views: 251 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		11: Upper rear left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3879 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1030430... Views: 299 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Upper rear view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3880 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1030432... Views: 281 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
13: Upper rear right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3881 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1030433... Views: 246 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Upper right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3882 Added: 1 November 2010 Filename: P1030434... Views: 338 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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