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06FA15

TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10

Possibly Surviving MBT
Date in Service 01 Feb 1970
Contract FVP/44/67
Asset Code GA03003093
Last Known Location Private owner, Manchester (post-GoldenEy…
Last Merlin Record 01 Aug 1997

Notes

Despite Merlin showing disposal at VDL March 1993 with cast flag Y, vehicle is confirmed to have survived and was used in the production of GoldenEye (1995), the 17th James Bond film directed by Martin Campbell and starring Pierce Brosnan. 06FA15 was one of at least two Chieftains (alongside 06FA77) dressed as Russian T-55s to serve as background vehicles in the military car park scene at the start of the famous St Petersburg tank chase sequence, filmed at Leavesden Studios, Hertfordshire in early 1995. The hero tank driven by Bond was a real Russian T-55 with Chieftain rubber tracks fitted, while the background vehicles were surplus British Chieftains modified with fibreglass panels and Soviet-style markings. Photographed at Manchester August 1997 post-production. Current status unknown. Sources: AJB007 forum, IMCDb (separate Chieftain entry for GoldenEye 1995), tankmuseum.com Chieftain list.

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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. The last Merlin record for this vehicle is from 01 Aug 1997 — information about its current status is particularly welcome. 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

10 Nov 1983
17/21L Receipt: 15 Nov 1983
11 Feb 1986
2 ARMY DEL SQN (VEH STOCK) Receipt: 12 Feb 1986
18 Jul 1991
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 29 Aug 1991
19 Mar 1993
DISPOSAL VDL Receipt: 19 Mar 1993

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