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UNIQUE ID 2135: FV4030/4 CHALLENGER 1 TANK

The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Britain

(Location: Storage)


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Unique ID: 2135
Added to Database: 8 February 2012
Last Edited: 24 March 2012
Type (ID): FV4030/4 Challenger 1 (3620)
Model (ID): Challenger 1 (3620)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016)
Location (ID): Storage (3016)
Serial Number:
Registration: 34 KA 11.
Name:
Other Identification:
Collection Reference: E2005.818.
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
Associated Tanks: FV4030/4 Challenger 1 Tank - The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Exchanged for this vehicle)

Location History:
(see map)

1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Manufacturer)
2: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (August 1983)
3: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (December 1983 – July 1984)
4: ATDU and Solitary Vehicles, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (February-March 1986)
5: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (June 1986)
6: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


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This Challenger Mark 1 was exchanged for another Challenger (64 KG 94). Its record card shows it was at Ludgershall in August 1983, ROF Leeds from December 1983 to July 1984, ATDU February to March 1986, RARDE (presumed to be Chertsey) in June 1986, and arrived at the Museum in October 2004.


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