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Unique ID: 1630 Added to Database: 27 March 2011 Last Edited: 13 July 2013 Type (ID): FV4201 Chieftain (3570) Model (ID): Mark 11 (3590) Location Category (ID): Aldershot Military Museum and MWEE (3130) Location (ID): Entrance Road (3132) Serial Number: 52 (hull): “FV469251/1 ESCC 52” cast into glacis. 41 (turret): “FV478236 WAR SER N° 41” cast into right turret side. Registration: 00 EB 59: “00 EB 59” painted on nose and right rear mud flap. Name: “ANTRIM” painted on side stowage boxes. Other Identification: “A635”, “D630” and “E575” cast into Stillbrew armour. “0C” in yellow triangle painted on hull side plates and turret rear. Yellow triangle also painted on turret sides. Convoy marking painted on hull rear. Painted overall in a green and black camouflage scheme. Hull front and right turret side are rusted. Collection Reference: Links: Aldershot Collections References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Sole manufacturer) 2: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (17/21 Lancers 1967 then 4/7RDG 1967 then Royal Hussars 1973 – Athlone Barracks – then 2ADS Hamm 1975) 3: BATUS, Suffield, Southern Alberta, Alberta, Canada (Training 1975) 4: Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (QRIH 1978 then 3RTR 1979 – Barker Barracks) 5: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (2ADS Hamm 1982 – QRIH York Barracks Münster 1983 – 23 Base Workshop Wetter 1989) 6: Schiessplatz Bergen-Hohne, Bergen, Heidmark, Lower Saxony, Germany (QOH Caen Barracks Hohne 1989) 7: Aldershot Military Museum and MWEE, Aldershot, Hampshire, South East England, Britain (Current location) Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved British Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication: This Chieftain is a Mark 11. The tactical markings indicate the tank of the Second in Command (0C) of A Squadron (triangle). It is in running order (source: Aldershot Collections web page). Its label reads: Service History 00 EB 59 Following its introduction in 1967, 00 EB 59 went into service with the following regiments or units until finally decommissioning in 1994. 1967 17/21st Lancers, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1967 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1973 Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own), British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1975 2ADS British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1975 British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada (BATUS) 1978 Queens Royal Irish Hussars 1979 3 Royal Tank Regiment, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1982 2ADS British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 1983 Queens Royal Irish Hussars 1989 23 Base Workshop (normal MOD scheduled rebuild) 1989 Queens Own Hussars 1996 Gifted to Aldershot Military Museum

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January 2013 1: Upper front right view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9089 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7413... Views: 351 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Upper left view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9090 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7410... Views: 284 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Upper rear left view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9091 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7411... Views: 262 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Upper rear right view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9092 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7412... Views: 270 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Upper front right view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9093 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7384... Views: 187 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Front view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9094 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7374... Views: 249 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Front left view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9095 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7375... Views: 201 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Front left view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9096 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7376... Views: 166 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Left view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9097 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7377... Views: 262 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
10: Rear left view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9098 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7378... Views: 223 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		11: Rear view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9099 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7379... Views: 214 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Rear right view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9100 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7380... Views: 1055 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
13: Right view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9101 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7381... Views: 215 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Upper front right view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9102 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7383... Views: 168 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		15: Upper front left view Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9103 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7409... Views: 215 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
16: Turret close-up Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9104 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7391... Views: 213 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		17: Turret close-up Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9105 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7382... Views: 153 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		18: Markings on glacis Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9106 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7385... Views: 184 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
19: Markings on Stillbrew armour Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9107 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7390... Views: 216 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		20: Markings on stillbrew armour Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9108 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7389... Views: 229 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		21: Close-up of TOGS Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9109 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7388... Views: 1906 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
22: Exhibit label Taken: 13 January 2013 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9110 Added: 7 July 2013 Filename: IMG-7386... Views: 230 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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