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05EB02

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

Confirmed Surviving MBT
Date in Service 30 Oct 1968
Contract KL/A/0217
Colour Army/NATO Green Disruptive Pattern (BATUS sand/green scheme at time of disposal)
Asset Code GA03003063
Last Known Location Trails End Camp, Alberta, Canada (static…
Last Confirmed 15 Mar 2026

Notes

One of only 34 Chieftain Mk 6/3 (C) vehicles produced. Originally issued as Chieftain Mk2 to RAC Centre Bovington December 1968, converted to Mk 6/3 configuration in August 1983. Served with 4 RTR and 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards before extended time at SEME and MVEE Chertsey. Transferred to BATUS Suffield Canada April 1996 on same date as 03EB11. Currently on static display at former Trails End Camp, Alberta.

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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

16 Dec 1968
RAC CENTRE BOVINGTON Receipt: 19 Dec 1968
10 Mar 1975
TECH QM RAC CENTRE Receipt: 13 Mar 1975
25 Sep 1976
BMB OVINGTON RAC CENTRE Receipt: 23 Sep 1976
10 Apr 1978
VD LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 18 Apr 1978
27 Apr 1978
PLANNED REPAIR 38/A0300 — 38 CENTRAL WKSP REME Receipt: 27 Apr 1978
31 Oct 1978
VD LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 31 Oct 1978
20 Feb 1979
MVEE CHERTSEY (PE)(AE) Receipt: 13 Mar 1979
04 Jun 1979
VD LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 04 Jun 1979
20 Oct 1979
MVEE CHERTSEY PE AE Receipt: 20 Oct 1979
21 Aug 1983
38 CENTRAL WKSP — PLANNED REPAIR Receipt: 21 Aug 1983
15 Aug 1983
38 CENT WKSP REME Receipt: 15 Aug 1983
21 Aug 1983
4 RTR Receipt: 23 Aug 1983
26 Nov 1984
5 INNIS DG Receipt: 29 Nov 1984
12 Dec 1985
38 CLWRSP (PLANNED REPAIR) Receipt: 12 Dec 1985
12 Nov 1985
TECH STORES SEME Receipt: 12 Nov 1985
06 Oct 1986
SEME Receipt: 06 Oct 1986
07 May 1987
SEME Receipt: 07 May 1987
07 May 1987
SEME BORDON Receipt: 07 May 1987
11 Jul 1995
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 13 Jul 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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