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
00GC08 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG CHIEFTAIN MK7 ARRV 1977 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 00GC09 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG CHIEFTAIN MK7 ARRV 1977 Private owner (acquired at auction Feb 1996) Possibly Surviving 00GC10 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG CHIEFTAIN MK7 ARRV 1977 AL HUSSEIN PROJECT Fate Unknown 00GC11 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG CHIEFTAIN MK7 ARRV 1977 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 00HB81 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN TRAINING CHIEFTAIN ARRV 1980 RHQ REME Fate Unknown 00HB82 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN TRAINING CHIEFTAIN ARRV 1980 6 CS BN REME 3 ARMD COY Fate Unknown 00HB83 ARMOURED REC REPAIR VEH W/CRANE FF CLANSMAN 7.62MM GPMG CHIEFTAIN MK7 ARRV 1980 SEME Fate Unknown 01EB00 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB01 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB02 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1967 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 01EB03 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB04 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB06 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 Iron Curtain Museum, Normandy Business Park, … Confirmed Surviving 01EB07 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1967 RAC Gunnery School, Lulworth Camp Confirmed Surviving 01EB08 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1967 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01EB10 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 75ENGR Fate Unknown 01EB11 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1968 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE EAST & NI Fate Unknown 01EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1967 Private owner, UK (War and Peace Show 2011) Confirmed Surviving 01EB13 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB14 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 Imperial War Museum, Duxford Confirmed Surviving 01EB15 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB16 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 01EB17 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 01EB18 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01EB19 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB20 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB21 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 Tank Museum, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 01EB22 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 QMT BOVINGTON ARMOUR CENTRE Possibly Surviving 01EB23 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 MBT 1968 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 01EB24 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL (TURRET RING CUT) CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 Witham Specialist Vehicles Ltd, Colsterworth Possibly Surviving 01EB25 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB26 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB27 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 01EB28 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01EB29 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB30 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 SENTA RANGES Possibly Surviving 01EB31 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB32 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB33 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01EB34 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1968 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01EB35 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL DRIVER TRAINING CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 RAF PEMBREY SANDS Fate Unknown 01EB36 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1968 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 01EB37 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB38 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/2 (C) MBT 1968 SALISBURY PLAIN TRG CAMP Fate Unknown 01EB39 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB40 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1968 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB41 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL DRIVER TRAINING CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 01EB42 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1968 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving