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UNIQUE ID 1984: FV4006 CENTURION ARMOURED RECOVERY VEHICLE

(Model: Mark II)

The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Britain

(Location: Storage)


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Unique ID: 1984
Added to Database: 31 December 2011
Last Edited: 24 March 2012
Type (ID): FV4006 Centurion (3490)
Model (ID): Mark II (3494)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016)
Location (ID): Storage (3016)
Serial Number:
Registration: 00 ZR 20: “00 ZR 20” painted on superstructure front.
Name:
Other Identification: Fitted with triple rubber block tracks.
Collection Reference: E2006.1574.
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent and sole manufacturer)
2: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Service with Scots Greys & 13/18 Hussars – 1968-69)
3: Mönchengladbach, Germany (17 BVD – 1970)
4: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Service with 15/19 Hussars – 1970)
5: RAOC Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (1972)
6: Mönchengladbach, Germany (17 BVD – 1973)
7: Sennelager Training Area, Paderborn, Detmold, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (Service with Scots DG – 1974)
8: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, 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:

The Record Card for this ARV shows that it was with Scots Greys LAD, then 17 RVD in 1968, 2 ADS then 13/18 Hussars LAD in 1969, and 17 BVD, 2 ADS and 15/19 Hussars LAD in 1970. It was at CVD Ludgershall in 1972, 17 BVD and 2 ADS in 1973, and finally back with Scots DG LAD in 1974. It was put on the museum books in 2006.


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October 2008

Rear left view
1: Rear left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6553
Added: 31 December 2011
Filename: P1040232...
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Front view
2: Front view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6554
Added: 31 December 2011
Filename: P1040260...
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Front left view
3: Front left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6555
Added: 31 December 2011
Filename: P1040244...
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Rear left view
4: Rear left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6556
Added: 31 December 2011
Filename: P1040231...
Views: 77
Select/Has Priority: 21/0