Chieftain tanks on parade

The Record Cards for this AVRE show that it was built as a Chieftain Mark 2 gun tank by Vickers Armstrong, with a Date in Service of 22 April 1968. It served with the Blues & Royals and RHG/D in 1968, ABU RAOC at Larzac (France) in 1971, the Life Guards in 1972, was at 2 ADS in October 1975 and in service with 4 RTR in December 1975. It then underwent a conversion (details unclear), and then was with RHG/D and 2 ADS in 1976. It underwent another conversion, was with 2 ADS, underwent a further conversion, then served with the Berlin Armoured Squadron, all in 1979. It was with 2 ADS in 1985, underwent further conversions, then served with 14/20 Hussars in 1989. It was assigned to the museum in 2009. It was a Mark 6/1, then a Mark 6/4C, before ending as an AVRE, so these are presumably some of the ‘conversions’ in its record.

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