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Unique ID: 1893 Added to Database: 8 December 2011 Last Edited: 23 March 2012 Type (ID): FV4201 Chieftain (3570) Model (ID): Mark 11 (3590) Location Category (ID): Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (3170) Location (ID): Downyard (3170) Serial Number: Registration: 06 FA 10. Side skirts are stamped with “05 FB 40” and “00 EB 61”. Name: Other Identification: Collection Reference: E1993.61.6. (Accession 6193, Entry 1993.1097). Links: BRC Stock book – Chieftain BRC Stock book – War Well Bovington Vehicle Record References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, Britain (Built in 1970) 2: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Training in BAOR) 3: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (Dates unknown) 4: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Until September 2003) 5: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, 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: According to the BRC Stockbook website: “This Chieftain Tank arrived at the centre on the 29th September 2003 from the Bovington Tank Museum. Currently located in the Downyard, it is intended to be mounted on the War Well, once modifications are completed. It will then be displayed to demonstrate the original use of these rail vehicles, though it will be over-gauge for the rail lines at Quainton.”. It is a Mark 11 with Stillbrew armour around the turret front. Its service included CVD Ludgershall, Queens Royal Irish Hussars and 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (source: Bovington Museum Vehicle Record). Marked ‘LOAN OUT’ in Bovington museum record on 28 December 2005.

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May 2009 1: Overview, photo by N. Cox Taken: 3 May 2009 Contributor: Geograph Photo ID: 6122 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: 1291762-... Views: 253 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
August 2008 2: Front right view, photo by Oxyman Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 6120 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: FR_Chief... Views: 246 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Rear right view, photo by Oxyman Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 6121 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: RR_Chief... Views: 290 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		4: Upper front left view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6091 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010751... Views: 293 Select/Has Priority: 21/21
5: Upper front left view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6092 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010755... Views: 404 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Upper left view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6093 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010742... Views: 297 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		7: Upper rear right view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6094 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010758... Views: 319 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
8: Upper front right view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6095 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010749... Views: 231 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Upper front left view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6096 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010735... Views: 215 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		10: Upper front left view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6097 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010736... Views: 189 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
11: Front right view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6098 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010734... Views: 225 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Front view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6099 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010770... Views: 238 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		13: Rear left view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6100 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010740... Views: 207 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
14: Rear view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6101 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010739... Views: 248 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		15: Rear right view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6102 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010776... Views: 225 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		16: Rear right view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6103 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010738... Views: 209 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
17: Right view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6104 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010730... Views: 221 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		18: Front right view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6105 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010729... Views: 154 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		19: Front left view Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6106 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010737... Views: 226 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
20: Turret close-up Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6107 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010743... Views: 275 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		21: Engine deck Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6108 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010780... Views: 485 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		22: Turret close-up Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6109 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010782... Views: 297 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
23: Glacis Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6110 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010769... Views: 261 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		24: Marking on left side of turret Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6111 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010760... Views: 220 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		25: Marking on left side of hull Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6112 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010767... Views: 221 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
26: Marking on right side of hull Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6113 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010764... Views: 202 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		27: Marking on Stillbrew armour Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6114 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010768... Views: 560 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		28: Registration on side plate Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6115 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010765... Views: 206 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
29: Registration on side plate Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6116 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010766... Views: 151 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		30: Commander's cupola Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6117 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010774... Views: 206 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		31: Exhibit label Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6118 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010731... Views: 203 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
32: Overview Taken: 5 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6119 Added: 8 December 2011 Filename: P1010788... Views: 239 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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