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
05EB65 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 Tank Museum, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 06FA03 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 Defence College of Management and Technology,… Confirmed Surviving 06FA10 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Confirmed Surviving 06FA89 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 North East Land Sea and Air Museums, Sunderla… Confirmed Surviving 06FF83 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG CHIEFTAIN MK7 ARRV 1976 Imperial War Museum Confirmed Surviving 07FF12 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG CHIEFTAIN MK7 ARRV 1976 Tank Museum, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 11FD36 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1972 Bulford Barracks, Wiltshire (gate guard) Confirmed Surviving 11FD57 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK5/4 (C) MBT 1972 Armour Centre Tank Museum, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 11FD58 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1972 Tank Museum, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 11FD65 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1973 Armour and Softskin, East Harling, Norfolk Confirmed Surviving 11FD74 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1973 Private owner, British Columbia, Canada Confirmed Surviving P5 CHIEFTAIN PRE-PRODUCTION VEHICLE P5 Other 1962 Kirkcudbright Training Area (range wreck) Confirmed Surviving P6 CHIEFTAIN PRE-PRODUCTION VEHICLE P6 Other 1962 Kirkcudbright Training Area (range wreck) Confirmed Surviving W1 CHIEFTAIN WORKS TRIALS VEHICLE W1 Other 1960 Kirkcudbright Training Area (range wreck) Confirmed Surviving