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
03EB72 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 03EB73 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB74 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB75 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1967 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 03EB76 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 03EB77 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB78 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB79 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1967 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 03EB80 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB81 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL (TURRET RING CUT) CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1967 RMCS Shrivenham (Defence Academy) Possibly Surviving 03EB82 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB83 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 Tank Museum Reserve Collection, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 03EB84 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 03EB85 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 03EB86 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB87 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB88 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB89 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB90 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1967 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 03EB93 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 03EB94 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1967 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 03EB95 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1967 DERA CHERTSEY Fate Unknown 03EB96 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 03EB97 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB98 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 03EB99 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB00 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 04EB01 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1967 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 04EB02 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 04EB03 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB04 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 04EB06 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 04EB07 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1968 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 04EB08 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 04EB11 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB13 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB14 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1968 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 04EB15 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB16 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB17 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB18 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB19 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB20 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 Wood Buffalo Military Museum, Fort McMurray Confirmed Surviving 04EB21 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1968 ATDU, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 04EB22 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 04EB23 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB24 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 Armour Centre QM Gunnery Wing, Lulworth (rang… Confirmed Disposed