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
01EB93 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB94 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/4 (C) MBT 1969 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01EB95 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 BATUS QM(T) Possibly Surviving 01EB96 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 Battlefield Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Confirmed Surviving 01EB97 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01EB98 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 SALISBURY PLAIN TRG CAMP Fate Unknown 01EB99 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1969 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE WALES&WEST(PEM) Fate Unknown 01FD00 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD01 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD02 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD03 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD04 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 Private owner (acquired at auction Feb 1996) Possibly Surviving 01FD08 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Possibly Surviving 01FD09 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD10 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD11 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1971 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 01FD12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK7/4 (C) MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD13 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK7/4 (C) MBT 1971 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE SOUTHWEST(SP) Fate Unknown 01FD14 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD15 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1971 BATUS QM(T), British Army Training Unit Suffi… Confirmed Disposed 01FD16 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 01FD17 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD18 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 Tank Museum, Bovington Possibly Surviving 01FD19 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD20 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD21 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 01FD22 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DOPS(DTE) - NORTH WEST Fate Unknown 01FD23 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ARMY FOUNDATION COLLEGE Fate Unknown 01FD25 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD26 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK7/4 (C) MBT 1971 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD28 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1971 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE NORTH Fate Unknown 01FD29 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD30 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD31 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD32 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD33 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD34 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK7/3 (C) MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD35 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD36 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD37 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD38 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1971 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD39 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1971 ABRO WARMINSTER PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD40 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1969 RHQ REME Fate Unknown 01FD41 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD42 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD43 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK7/3 (C) MBT 1969 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD44 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 01FD45 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK9 MBT 1969 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 01FD46 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1973 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving