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Unique ID:
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1794
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Added to Database:
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9 August 2011
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Last Edited:
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22 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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FV4101 Charioteer (3350)
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Model (ID):
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Charioteer (3350)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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Post War (British Steel Hall) (3014)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
“04 ZW 12”. “7611 ٧٦١١” painted on nose and rear hull.
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Name: |
“BAB AL WAD” painted on left turret side. Equivalent Arabic script painted on right turret side.
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Other Identification: |
Black squares painted on forward turret sides and turret rear. Unit markings painted on nose and rear hull. Painted overall desert sand (previously overall green).
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Collection Reference: |
E1965.3. (Accession 365, Entry 1965.1017).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Leyland Motors, Farington, Lancashire, North West England, Britain (Primary manufacturer of Cromwell chassis)
2: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Conversion by ROF - assumed Leeds)
3: Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, South East England, Britain (Until March 1969)
4: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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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:
The Charioteer was a post-war conversion of existing Cromwell Tank chassis with a new turret mounting a 20pdr gun. This Mark VII Charioteer was received from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham in March 1969. It has been painted to represent a tank of the Jordanian Royal Armoured Corps, the Arab Legion.
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March 2011
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1: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7000
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 58234054...
Views: 196
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7001
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 58234135...
Views: 288
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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3: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6495
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030603...
Views: 247
Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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4: Front view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6496
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030602...
Views: 342
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6497
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030601...
Views: 254
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6498
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030598...
Views: 178
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Upper rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6499
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030599...
Views: 227
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Hull rear
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6500
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030600...
Views: 168
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Name on turret
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6501
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030606...
Views: 142
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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10: Front right view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6669
Added: 6 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Cha...
Views: 183
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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