01EB90

TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10

Confirmed Surviving MBT
Date in Service 01 May 1969
Contract KL/A/0208
Colour Sand Disruptive Pattern
Asset Code GA03003093
Last Known Location Private owner, United Kingdom
Last Confirmed 15 Mar 2026

Notes

Confirmed surviving in private ownership in the United Kingdom. Known runner, confirmed at Operation Market Harborough show. Contract KL/A/0208 — Vickers Armstrong built, same production batch as 01EB71 and 00EB38. Had two separate BATUS Suffield rotations (1988-1990 and 1991-1993) before return to UK and disposal at VDL July 1994. Merlin records Sand Disruptive Pattern colour scheme consistent with BATUS desert training area use.

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

17 Oct 1988
BATUS CSS BG Receipt: 25 Jan 1989
03 Aug 1989
BATUS QM(T) Receipt: 03 Aug 1989
15 Nov 1990
2 ARMY DEL SQN (VEH STOCK) Receipt: 31 Jan 1991
02 Dec 1991
BATUS QM(T) Receipt: 18 Jan 1992
02 Sep 1993
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 03 Sep 1993
15 Jul 1994
DISPOSAL VDL Receipt: 26 Aug 1994
15 Mar 2026
Private owner, United Kingdom Receipt: 15 Mar 2026

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