00EB38 — Chieftain Archive

Notes

Confirmed surviving at the Canadian Tank Museum, Oshawa, Ontario. Photographed July 2025 in restored Berlin camouflage scheme. Same contract KL/A/0208 as 01EB71 — both Vickers Armstrong built and both posted to Berlin Armd Sqn within weeks of each other in September 1988, suggesting they served together in Berlin. Merlin records disposal at VDL September 1993 — vehicle survived and is now on display in Canada. One of the earliest production Chieftains still surviving, DIS November 1966.

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Data source: Service history and last known location are sourced from the British Army Merlin Archive, the official vehicle inventory system covering records up to 2012 when the archive was declassified. Survival status has been assessed from the last recorded unit — vehicles may have changed hands, been restored, or been scrapped since then. If you have current information about this vehicle, please submit a correction.

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Aquino tank weekend 2025

RM • July 2025 • Canadian Tank Museum

Service History

Movement records from the British Army Merlin Archive

27 Aug 1986

2 ARMY DEL SQN (VEH STOCK) Receipt: 03 Sep 1986

12 Sep 1988

BERLIN ARMD SQN Receipt: 19 Sep 1988

27 Jul 1992

VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 28 Jul 1992

21 Sep 1993

DISPOSAL VDL Receipt: 02 Feb 1995

01 Jul 2025

Canadian Tank Museum, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Receipt: 01 Jul 2025

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Record History

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Date	Field	Previous Value	New Value
15 Mar 2026	Survival Status	Confirmed Disposed	Confirmed Surviving