02EB63 — Chieftain Archive

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Private owner, UK show circuit. Chieftain Mk10, contract KL/A/0217 (ROF Leeds built), entered service 1 September 1966. Merlin records service with SCOTS DG (ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS) 1988 (contractor loan ref R00055), then RH (ROYAL HUSSARS) November 1988, before transfer to Vehicle Depot Ludgershall 1990 and nominal disposal May 1993 (RIV L10044, RCP 999). No cast flag set in Merlin, suggesting vehicle left the disposal stream without formal write-off. Confirmed running at Tanks Trucks and Firepower show, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, 27 August 2025, described as running poorly and emitting heavy exhaust smoke.

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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

14 Sep 1988

SCOTS DG (ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS) — contractor loan ref R00055 Receipt: 20 Oct 1988

17 Nov 1988

RH (ROYAL HUSSARS) Receipt: 25 Nov 1988

10 Sep 1990

VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 02 Oct 1990

21 May 1993

DISPOSAL — VDL (RIV L10044, RCP 999) Receipt: 15 Jun 1993

27 Aug 2025

Private owner, UK show circuit (confirmed running) Receipt: 27 Aug 2025

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