01EB71 — Chieftain Archive

Notes

Confirmed surviving. Displayed running at Operation Market Harborough 2025 in restored Berlin camouflage scheme, consistent with its service with Berlin Armd Sqn 1988. Manufactured by Vickers Armstrong, DIS 22 January 1969, contract KL/A/0208. Designated Mk 6/B(C) on vehicle history card — B suffix denotes Vickers Armstrong build. Later upgraded to Mk 10 standard through Totem Pole programme. Served with 4 RTR, 4/7 DG, Royal Hussars (PWO) and Scots DG in BAOR before Berlin service. Merlin records show disposal at VDL 1993 — vehicle survived and is in private ownership.

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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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Operation Market Harborough 2025

RM • August 2025 • Operation Market Harborough 2025

Operation Market Harborough 2025

RM • August 2025 • Operation Market Harborough 2025

Operation Market Harborough 2025

RM • August 2025 • Operation Market Harborough 2025

Service History

Movement records from the British Army Merlin Archive

20 Dec 1974

4 R-T-R BAOR Receipt: 20 Dec 1974

27 Jan 1975

2 ARMY DEL SQN RAC BAOR Receipt: 05 Feb 1975

04 Aug 1975

Q-D-C BAOR Receipt: 19 Aug 1975

20 Sep 1977

4/7 D.G. BAOR Receipt: 20 Sep 1977

19 Dec 1977

2 ARMY DEL SQN BAOR Receipt: 11 Jan 1978

13 Mar 1978

R HUSSARS (PWO) BAOR Receipt: 13 Apr 1978

29 Mar 1978

SCOTS DG BAOR Receipt: 04 Sep 1978

06 Jul 1982

2 A.D.S BAOR Receipt: 15 Jun 1982

18 Jul 1988

BERLIN ARMD SQN Receipt: 26 Jul 1988

27 Jul 1992

VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 28 Jul 1992

21 Sep 1993

DISPOSAL VDL Receipt: 11 Jan 1994

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