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TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK2 (PROTOTYPE)

Possibly Surviving AVLB
Date in Service 01 Nov 1968
Contract NK
Colour Green Gloss
Asset Code HA04222021
Last Known Location QM(T) Dept Armour Centre, Bovington
Last Merlin Record 12 Mar 1999

Notes

Chieftain AVLB Mk2 Prototype, entered service November 1968. One of three AVLB prototypes (00FB02, 00FB03, 00FB04). Merlin records service at QMT Bovington Armour Centre from 1978, with ABRO Bovington planned repair 1991, returning to QM(T) Dept Armour Centre March 1999 — last confirmed Merlin movement. No cast flag set. PDF vehicle register notes all three prototypes were used for driver training. Recorded as possible survivor pending physical confirmation at Bovington. Photographed during recovery operation at Tank Museum Bovington, January/February 2021. Tank Museum has been reviewing its Chieftain collection (23 vehicles) for significance, with some being released to other collections or scrapped for parts. Scrapping of hull reported but unconfirmed — status updated to possible survivor pending further information.

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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. The last Merlin record for this vehicle is from 12 Mar 1999 — information about its current status is particularly welcome. If you have current information about this vehicle, please submit a correction.

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Service History

Movement records from the British Army Merlin Archive

31 Oct 1968
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 01 Nov 1968
01 Aug 1978
QMT BOVINGTON ARMOUR CENTRE Receipt: 01 Aug 1978
01 May 1991
ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Receipt: 02 May 1991
21 Nov 1991
QMT BOVINGTON ARMOUR CENTRE Receipt: 21 Nov 1991
24 Nov 1993
QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Receipt: 24 Nov 1993
31 Mar 1998
ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Receipt: 02 Apr 1998
12 Mar 1999
QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Receipt: 12 Mar 1999

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