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TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10

Confirmed Surviving MBT
Date in Service 01 Oct 1970
Contract FVP/44/67
Asset Code GA03003093
Last Known Location North East Land Sea and Air Museums, Sun…
Last Confirmed 21 Mar 2026

Notes

Despite Merlin showing disposal at VDL March 1993 with cast flag Y, vehicle is confirmed surviving and running at the North East Land Sea and Air Museums (NELSAM), a volunteer-run museum located off the A19 adjacent to the Nissan plant, Sunderland. Confirmed restored and in running order.

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

26 Nov 1986
2 ARMY DEL SQN (VEH STOCK) Receipt: 03 Dec 1986
12 May 1987
5 INNIS DG Receipt: 20 May 1987
17 Feb 1992
VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 12 Mar 1992
26 Mar 1993
DISPOSAL VDL Receipt: 26 Mar 1993

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