Chieftain Archive

British Army Vehicle Register — Compiled from the Merlin Archive

1,022 vehicles • 7,866 movement records • Records 1960–2026

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About this archive: Vehicle data is sourced from the British Army Merlin Archive — the official British Army vehicle inventory system, covering 1,022 Chieftain-family vehicles with 7,866 movement records from first issue through to 2012, when the archive was declassified and made public. Survival status is assessed from last known location at time of archival. Records marked Confirmed Disposed or Fate Unknown may have changed — if you know a vehicle's current status, please submit a correction.
64 Confirmed Surviving
112 Possibly Surviving
272 Fate Unknown
107 Likely Scrapped
467 Confirmed Disposed

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01EB47 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) Possibly Surviving 22 Mar 2026 01FD05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 07FF30 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG… Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 07FA09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 07FF05 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG… Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 04EB91 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026

Confirmed Survivors

Vehicles with confirmed current locations
03EB35 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 Confirmed Surviving Private owner, United States (exact… 01EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Private owner, UK (War and Peace Sh… 00FD56 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Castlemartin Range, Pembrokeshire (… 05EB40 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Royal Museum of Armed Forces (Brass… 00FD82 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Private owner, USA 03EB24 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving BATUS Museum, British Army Training…
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Registration Description Type In Service Last Known Location Status
00EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1 MBT 1965 RAC Gunnery School, Lulworth Fate Unknown 00EB20 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1 MBT 1965 Anglia Breaks (tank driving experience), East… Possibly Surviving 00EB24 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1/4 MBT 1963 Norfolk Tank Museum, Forncett St Peter, Norfo… Confirmed Surviving 00EB25 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK6 AVLB 1966 RAF PEMBREY SANDS Fate Unknown 00EB27 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1/4 MBT 1966 SEME Fate Unknown 00EB28 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1/3 MBT 1966 SEME Fate Unknown 00EB29 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK6 AVLB 1966 SEME Fate Unknown 00EB30 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1/4 MBT 1966 SEME Fate Unknown 00EB31 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK6 AVLB 1966 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 00EB32 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1/4 MBT 1966 1 CS BN REME Fate Unknown 00EB33 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1 (CRAZY HORSE) Other 1965 Tank Museum Reserve Collection, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 00EB34 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK1/4 MBT 1966 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE NORTH (OTT) Fate Unknown 00EB35 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK6 AVLB 1966 SEME training area, Bordon (last confirmed) Possibly Surviving 00EB36 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1967 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 00EB37 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB38 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 Canadian Tank Museum, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Confirmed Surviving 00EB39 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB40 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00EB41 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1966 SEME training area, Bordon (last confirmed) Possibly Surviving 00EB42 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB43 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB44 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB45 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB46 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00EB47 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB48 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB49 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1967 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 00EB50 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB51 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB52 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB53 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB54 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00EB55 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB56 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1994 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 00EB57 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00EB58 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB59 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 Aldershot Military Museum Confirmed Surviving 00EB60 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB61 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB62 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB63 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB64 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00EB65 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 SALISBURY PLAIN TRG CAMP Fate Unknown 00EB66 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB67 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 1 RTR Fate Unknown 00EB68 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00EB69 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB70 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00EB71 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00EB72 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed