W1 — Chieftain Archive

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Chieftain works trials vehicle W1 — predates even the pre-production P-series, built by Leyland for factory and FVRDE trials circa 1960-1962. Used as a range target hulk at Kirkcudbright Training Area, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Vehicle is overturned and collapsed into vegetation, in very poor condition. Visually confirmed in situ alongside P5 and P6. Not in Merlin — significantly predates the registration system. If correctly identified as W1 this is among the earliest Chieftain hulls known to exist.

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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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