00FB04 — Chieftain Archive

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Chieftain AVLB Mk2 Prototype, entered service November 1968. One of three AVLB prototypes (00FB02, 00FB03, 00FB04). Merlin records JSCS Ashchurch September 2003, then final movement April 2004 to AIR WEAPONS RANGE RAF TAIN with RCP 999 — confirmed sent as a range target. Almost certainly destroyed on range. PDF vehicle register noted all three prototypes were used for driver training prior to disposal.

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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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Service History

Movement records from the British Army Merlin Archive

31 Oct 1968

VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 01 Nov 1968

27 Nov 1979

QMT BOVINGTON ARMOUR CENTRE Receipt: 11 Dec 1979

24 Nov 1993

QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Receipt: 24 Nov 1993

16 Jun 1998

ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Receipt: 22 Jun 1998

07 Jul 1999

QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Receipt: 07 Jul 1999

19 Sep 2003

JSCS ASHCHURCH Receipt: 24 Sep 2003

01 Apr 2004

AIR WEAPONS RANGE RAF TAIN Receipt: 09 Jul 2004

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