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UNIQUE ID 1375: FV4005 SELF-PROPELLED HEAVY ANTI-TANK GUN

The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Britain

(Location: King George V Road Entrance)


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Unique ID: 1375
Added to Database: 1 November 2010
Last Edited: 20 March 2012
Type (ID): FV4005 (3488)
Model (ID): FV4005 (3488)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
Location (ID): King George V Road Entrance (3002)
Serial Number:
Registration: 43 BA 09 (Hull registration). “07 SP 24” painted on nose and on a number plate on hull rear.
Name: “SPUD” painted on turret sides.
Other Identification:
Collection Reference: E2005.2291.
Links: Museum Vehicle Record – Hull
Museum Vehicle Record – Turret
Arcane AFVs
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: Leyland Motors, Farington, Lancashire, North West England, Britain (Manufacturer)
2: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (BAOR Service June 1968 – December 1970)
3: Berlin Armoured Squadron, Berlin, Berlin, Germany (June 1971)
4: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (BAOR Service December 1972 – November 1975)
5: Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (27 Command Workshops REME – February 1980)
6: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (October 1980)
7: ATDU and Solitary Vehicles, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (September 1982-June 1998)
8: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (June 1998 – ca2005)
9: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:

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Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

This vehicle consists of an FV4005 turret mounted on a Centurion Mark 12 hull in May 2007 to give the appearance of an original FV4005 vehicle (source: Museum Vehicle Record). The turret was on display behind the museum car park for many years. The vehicle record cards show that the base Centurion was manufactured by Leyland and served with A Squadron 1RTR in BAOR in June 1968, A Squadron 9/12 Lancers in January 1969, QDG in December 1970, Berlin Armoured Squadron in June 1971, and was put on 2 ADS stock in December 1972. It was at 49 Field Regiment RA in November 1975, 27 Command Workshop in February 1980, Ludgershall in October 1980, and RAC Centre Bovington in September 1982 (manned by 3RTR then QRIH). In June 1998 it was gifted to DERA, and it was put on the museum books in 2005.


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March 2011

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 8 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7226
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58446526...
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Front left view
2: Front left view

Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7223
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58446443...
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Front left view
3: Front left view

Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7224
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58446491...
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Front right view
4: Front right view

Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7225
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58446470...
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October 2008

Front left view
5: Front left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3898
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040138...
Views: 223
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Front left view
6: Front left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3899
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040139...
Views: 591
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Left view
7: Left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3900
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040140...
Views: 268
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Rear left view
8: Rear left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3901
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040141...
Views: 223
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Rear view
9: Rear view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3902
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040142...
Views: 307
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Rear right view
10: Rear right view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3903
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040143...
Views: 223
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Right view
11: Right view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3904
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040144...
Views: 261
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Front right view
12: Front right view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3905
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040145...
Views: 731
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Front view
13: Front view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3906
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040137...
Views: 217
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Close-up
14: Close-up

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3907
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040146...
Views: 163
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Mantlet
15: Mantlet

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3908
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040147...
Views: 185
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Name on turret side
16: Name on turret side

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3909
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040148...
Views: 172
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Turret rear and engine deck
17: Turret rear and engine deck

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3910
Added: 1 November 2010
Filename: P1040149...
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October 1982

Turret on display outside the museum before installation onto a donor hull
18: Turret on display outside the museum before installation...

Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6706
Added: 7 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Tur...
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