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
00FC24 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1971 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 00FC25 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FC26 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC27 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1971 LONGMOOR DISTRICT TRAINING AREA Fate Unknown 00FC28 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FC29 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 BATUS QM(T), British Army Training Unit Suffi… Confirmed Disposed 00FC30 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 Private owner, UK (being restored) Confirmed Surviving 00FC51 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK3 MBT 1971 Private owner, United Kingdom Confirmed Surviving 00FC52 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC53 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC54 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC55 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC56 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC57 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC59 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC60 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK7/3 (C) MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC61 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK7/4 (C) MBT 1970 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FC62 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE NORTH (OTT) Fate Unknown 00FC63 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC65 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1970 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 00FC66 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FC67 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1970 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 00FC68 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1970 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE NORTH Fate Unknown 00FD01 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FD02 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD03 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 3 CS BN REME Fate Unknown 00FD04 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK8/4 (C) MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FD05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD06 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD07 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD08 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK8/3 (C) MBT 1971 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 00FD10 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD11 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 00FD12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD13 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD14 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 RAF Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range, Carmarth… Confirmed Disposed 00FD15 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD16 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK8/3 (C) MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FD17 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FD18 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD19 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD20 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1972 RAF Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range, Carmarth… Confirmed Disposed 00FD21 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1972 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD22 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1972 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 00FD23 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK8/4 (C) MBT 1972 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 00FD24 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1972 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00FD25 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1972 BATUS QM(T), British Army Training Unit Suffi… Confirmed Disposed 00FD26 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1972 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE EAST & NI Fate Unknown 00FD27 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1972 J Hirst, private owner (post-auction) Possibly Surviving