06FA77

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Despite Merlin showing disposal at VDL February 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. 06FA77 was one of at least two Chieftains (alongside 06FA15) 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. 06FA77 notably served with Berlin Armoured Squadron October 1988 to June 1992, almost certainly in Berlin disruptive camouflage. Photographed at Manchester August 1997 post-production. Current status unknown. Sources: AJB007 forum, IMCDb (separate Chieftain entry for GoldenEye 1995), tankmuseum.com Chieftain list.