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
01FD47 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1975 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD48 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK5 AVLB 1974 On loan from Tank Museum, Bovington Confirmed Surviving 01FD49 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1973 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving 01FD50 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving 01FD51 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 01FD52 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 HQ LWCTG (G) Fate Unknown 01FD53 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 HQ LWCTG (G) Fate Unknown 01FD54 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD55 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD56 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD57 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD58 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving 01FD59 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD60 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD61 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving 01FD62 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD63 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE WALES&WEST(PEM) Confirmed Disposed 01FD64 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD65 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK5 AVLB 1975 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD66 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD67 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1974 DIO INTL&DTE-DTE WALES&WEST(PEM) Confirmed Disposed 01FD68 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1975 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD69 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1975 3 CS BN REME Fate Unknown 01FD70 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1975 3 CS BN REME Fate Unknown 01FD71 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 HQ LWCTG (G) Fate Unknown 01FD72 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD73 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD74 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD75 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Fate Unknown 01FD76 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD77 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD78 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving 01FD79 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1976 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving 01FD80 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1977 MILITARY SPARES UK - AIR/LAND Possibly Surviving 01FD81 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1977 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving 01FD82 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTIAN MK5 F/F CLANSMAN AVLB 1977 HQ RE Fate Unknown 02EB00 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 ABRO BOVINGTON PLANNED REPAIR. Likely Scrapped 02EB01 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB02 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB03 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB04 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1969 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB05 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK2 (LATER MK2XY/MK6/MK9) MBT 1967 Norfolk Tank Museum, Forncett St Peter, Norfo… Confirmed Surviving 02EB06 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1970 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Fate Unknown 02EB07 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1970 QM (T) DEPT ARMOUR CENTRE Possibly Surviving 02EB08 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK6/3 (C) MBT 1970 ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Possibly Surviving 02EB09 ARMOURED VEH ROYAL ENGINEERS INTRAMURAL (TURRET RING CUT) CHIEFTAIN AVRE 1970 QM (T) Dept Armour Centre, Bovington Possibly Surviving 02EB10 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK11 MBT 1970 DIO INTL & DTE-DTE EAST & NI Fate Unknown 02EB11 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB12 TANK COMBAT 120MM GUN CHIEFTAIN MK10 MBT 1970 DISPOSAL VDL Confirmed Disposed 02EB13 TANK BRIDGELAYER AVLB CHIEFTAIN MK6 AVLB 1965 WITHAM (SPECIALIST VEHICLES) LTD Possibly Surviving