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
04EB76 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB77 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB78 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB79 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB80 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB81 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB82 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 04EB83 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL DRIVER TRAINING CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 04EB84 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB85 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 HQ RE Fate Unknown 04EB86 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB87 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE NORTH (OTT) Fate Unknown 04EB88 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1968 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB89 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1968 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 04EB90 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1968 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB91 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 Private owner (acquired at auction Feb 1996) Possibly Surviving 04EB92 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB93 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 04EB94 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB95 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE NORTH (OTT) Fate Unknown 04EB96 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB97 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB98 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 04EB99 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB00 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB01 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 05EB02 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 Trails End Camp, Alberta, Canada (static disp… Confirmed Surviving 05EB03 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 05EB04 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE NORTH (OTT) Fate Unknown 05EB05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 05EB06 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB07 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB08 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 05EB09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB10 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB11 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB13 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB14 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB15 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 Tank Museum Reserve, Bovington Possibly Surviving 05EB16 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB17 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 Private owner, United Kingdom Confirmed Surviving 05EB18 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 05EB19 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1968 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 05EB20 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 05EB21 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 05EB22 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 05EB23 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL DRIVER TRAINING CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 05EB24 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB25 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed