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UNIQUE ID 2148: FV4201 CHIEFTAIN TANK

(Model: Mark 5)

The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Britain

(Location: Storage)


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Unique ID: 2148
Added to Database: 12 February 2012
Last Edited: 24 March 2012
Type (ID): FV4201 Chieftain (3570)
Model (ID): Mark 5 (3578)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016)
Location (ID): Storage (3016)
Serial Number:
Registration: 00 FD 69 and 06 SP 71 (source: Museum Vehicle Record).
Name:
Other Identification:
Collection Reference: E2011.2090.
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
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Location History:
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1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Sole manufacturer)
2: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (In service 27 March 1972)
3: Arborfield Garrison – Berkshire, England (From September 1973)
4: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

The record card for this Chieftain Mark 5 (as 00 FD 69) shows it was built at ROF Leeds and had a Date in Service of 27 March 1972 at Ludgershall. Then it was at the School of Electronic Engineers at Arborfield in September 1973; no further details are given. It was put on the museum books in 2011.


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