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UNIQUE ID 1575: FV4201 CHIEFTAIN TANK

(Model: Mark 11)

The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Britain

(Location: Tank Story Hall)


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Unique ID: 1575
Added to Database: 23 February 2011
Last Edited: 20 March 2012
Type (ID): FV4201 Chieftain (3570)
Model (ID): Mark 11 (3590)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
Location (ID): Tank Story Hall (3004)
Serial Number:
Registration: 05 EB 65: “05 EB 65” painted on nose.
Name:
Other Identification: Stylised image of a tank painted on nose. Painted overall in a green and black camouflage scheme.
Collection Reference: E2006.1572.
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Sole manufacturer)
2: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (ca1969)
3: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Training in BAOR 1969-89)
4: ATDU and Solitary Vehicles, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (ATDU gate guardian 1989-98)
5: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

This Chieftain is displayed on a section of bridge from a bridgelayer tank. It is a Mark 11C with Stillbrew armour around the turret front. It was previously a gate guardian at the Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU). The museum’s Record for this vehicle shows it was issued from Ludgershall and then had a long list of users, nearly all in BAOR, including 13/18H (1969), 2RTR (1972), 4RTR (1975), QRIH (1982), 2RTR (1984), 1RTR (1985) before being a gate guardian from 1989 to 1998. It was put on the museum books in 2006.


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March 2011

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7161
Added: 24 March 2012
Filename: 58409576...
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October 2008

Front view
2: Front view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4566
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1040192...
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Front left view
3: Front left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4564
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030245...
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Front left view
4: Front left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4565
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030256...
Views: 210
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