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03EB11

TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C)

Confirmed Surviving MBT
Date in Service 01 Jan 1967
Contract KL/A/0217
Colour Army/NATO Green Disruptive Pattern IRR
Asset Code GA03003063
Last Known Location Private owner, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Last Confirmed 15 Mar 2026

Notes

One of only 34 Chieftain Mk 6/3 (C) vehicles produced. Served with 4 RTR, 1 QDG, 3 RTR, 4/7 DG, King's Hussars, Scots DG and Blues & Royals in BAOR before a research role at RARDE and DERA Fort Halstead 1989-1995. Transferred to BATUS Suffield Canada April 1996. Currently under restoration. Running under own power as of 2026. One of the only confirmed running Chieftain Mk 6/3 survivors.

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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

01 Jan 1967
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 01 Jan 1967
11 Feb 1969
C/4 RTR BAOR Receipt: 15 Feb 1969
03 Jan 1973
1 QDG BAOR Receipt: 19 Jan 1973
11 Apr 1973
17 BVD STOCK BAOR Receipt: 25 Apr 1973
03 Sep 1973
2 ADSQN DECK BAOR Receipt: 09 Sep 1973
06 Mar 1974
3 RTR Receipt: 18 Feb 1974
14 Oct 1976
4/7 D GDS BAOR Receipt: 05 Nov 1976
26 Jun 1979
2 ADS (STOCK) BAOR Receipt: 28 Jun 1979
28 Apr 1980
4/7 D GDS BAOR Receipt: 29 Apr 1980
18 Mar 1981
K HUSSARS BAOR Receipt: 18 Mar 1981
14 Apr 1981
2 ADS (VEH STOCK) BAOR Receipt: 08 Oct 1981
03 May 1982
SCOTS D CDS BAOR Receipt: 24 May 1982
27 Feb 1986
RHG/D BAOR Receipt: 25 Mar 1986
26 Aug 1988
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 17 Sep 1988
23 Feb 1989
RARDE (PE) (AE) Receipt: 17 Feb 1989
08 Aug 1991
DRA FORT HALSTEAD Receipt: 08 Aug 1991
15 Sep 1993
DERA FORT HALSTEAD Receipt: 15 Sep 1993
19 Jun 1995
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 26 Jun 1995
11 Mar 1996
105 LOG SP SQN RLC VEH TP Receipt: 22 Apr 1996
22 Apr 1996
BATUS QM(T) Receipt: 22 Apr 1996

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