Chieftain Archive

British Army Vehicle Register — Compiled from the Merlin Archive

1,022 vehicles • 7,866 movement records • Records 1960–2026

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About this archive: Vehicle data is sourced from the British Army Merlin Archive — the official British Army vehicle inventory system, covering 1,022 Chieftain-family vehicles with 7,866 movement records from first issue through to 2012, when the archive was declassified and made public. Survival status is assessed from last known location at time of archival. Records marked Confirmed Disposed or Fate Unknown may have changed — if you know a vehicle's current status, please submit a correction.
64 Confirmed Surviving
112 Possibly Surviving
272 Fate Unknown
107 Likely Scrapped
467 Confirmed Disposed

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01EB47 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) Possibly Surviving 22 Mar 2026 01FD05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 07FF30 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG… Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 07FA09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 07FF05 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG… Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026 04EB91 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Possibly Surviving 21 Mar 2026

Confirmed Survivors

Vehicles with confirmed current locations
03EB35 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 Confirmed Surviving Private owner, United States (exact… 01EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Private owner, UK (War and Peace Sh… 00FD56 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Castlemartin Range, Pembrokeshire (… 05EB40 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Royal Museum of Armed Forces (Brass… 00FD82 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving Private owner, USA 03EB24 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 Confirmed Surviving BATUS Museum, British Army Training…
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Registration Description Type In Service Last Known Location Status
02EB71 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 MBT 1966 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 02EB72 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1966 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 02EB73 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1966 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 02EB74 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB75 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB76 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1966 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 02EB77 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB78 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1966 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 02EB79 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1966 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 02EB81 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB82 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB83 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 Museo de Medios Acorazados (MUMA), Base Milit… Confirmed Surviving 02EB84 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB85 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB86 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB87 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 Private owner, Buckeye, Arizona, USA Confirmed Surviving 02EB88 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 02EB89 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB90 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1966 SALISBURY PLAIN TRG CAMP Fate Unknown 02EB91 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 BATUS QM(T), British Army Training Unit Suffi… Confirmed Disposed 02EB92 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB93 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB94 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1966 SALISBURY PLAIN TRG CAMP Fate Unknown 02EB95 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB96 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1966 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB97 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 02EB98 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE NORTH (OTT) Fate Unknown 02EB99 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB00 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB01 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 Private owner, Manchester (post-auction) Possibly Surviving 03EB02 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1967 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Possibly Surviving 03EB03 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB04 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 03EB06 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB07 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 03EB08 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB10 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1967 Museum collection, United Kingdom (running) Confirmed Surviving 03EB11 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 Private owner, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Confirmed Surviving 03EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 03EB13 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB14 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB15 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB16 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1967 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 03EB17 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB18 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB19 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1967 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 03EB20 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB21 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped