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
05EB26 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 05EB27 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB28 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB29 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1969 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 05EB30 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 26 ENGR REGT-8 ARMD ENGR SQN Fate Unknown 05EB31 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB32 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB33 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1969 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 05EB34 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB35 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 HQ LWCTG (G) Fate Unknown 05EB36 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB37 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB38 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB39 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB40 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 Royal Museum of Armed Forces (Brasschaat), Be… Confirmed Surviving 05EB41 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB43 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL (TURRET RING CUT) CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 Imperial War Museum, Duxford Confirmed Surviving 05EB44 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL (TURRET RING CUT) CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 QM (T) Dept Armour Centre, Bovington Possibly Surviving 05EB45 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 Private owner (acquired at auction Feb 1996) Possibly Surviving 05EB46 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB47 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB48 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB49 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB50 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB51 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 HQ RIPON STN Fate Unknown 05EB52 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB53 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB54 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB55 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 SEME Fate Unknown 05EB56 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB57 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE WALES&WEST(PEM) Fate Unknown 05EB58 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE WALES&WEST(PEM) Fate Unknown 05EB59 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1969 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 05EB60 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 05EB61 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB62 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB63 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB64 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB65 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 Tank Museum, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 05EB66 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 05EB67 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 05EB68 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 05EB69 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB70 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 19 TK TPTR SQN RLC Fate Unknown 05EB71 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB72 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB73 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB74 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB75 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 05EB76 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 19 TK TPTR SQN RLC Fate Unknown