Challenger 1 MBT Mark 3General A. Denaro (then Colonel) commanded this vehicle during the first Gulf War UK CHALLENGER 1 MAIN BATTLE TANK A veteran of the 1991 Gulf War Challenger was the first of a new generation of main battle tanks. Designed, originally, for t... |
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Centurion Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle (FV4018)UK FV4018 CENTURION BEACH ARMOURED RECOVERY VEHICLE An adaptation of the Centurion tank designed to operate in deep water, off landing beaches, to salvage abandoned vehicles and relaunch beached landing craft. The Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle, or BARV was develo... |
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Sabre Reconnaissance VehicleOn site but no acquisition details on file @ 23.11.2003 (DW to write) - Arrived mid 2002 Some details @ 4/1/2006 UK SABRE A cross between Scorpion and Fox to produce something similar to Scimitar. Sabre has been used in the Gulf and the former Yugoslavia. Sab... |
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Armoured Personnel Carrier, 6x6 Special Water DispenserOfficial designation was Carrier, Internal Security, Wheeled, Water Gun. It was converted from a Saracen Mark 3, with reverse flow cooling. This one was used by the Royal Corps of Transport, and later by various units, including 14th/20th Hussars,. The Saracen... |
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FV701C Car, Scout, Liaison Ferret Mark 1 : SectionedNo description |
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FV701H Car, Scout, ReconnaissanceWhite, UN Markings Vehicle History Card available in Archive & Library The Ferret Mark 2/5 is a Ferret Mark 2 brought up to the standard of a Ferret Mark 2/4. The Museum exhibit has been painted to represent a United Nations Ferret serving with 4th Royal Tank Regiment in Cyprus. The original regis... |
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SU-100The SU-100 was probably part of the shipment of Czech Armour supplied in the mid-50's. The SU-100 was a self propelled gun based on the T-34 chassis and entered service in the Red Army in December 1944. After the Second World War a production line was established in Czechoslovakia. The Museum exh... |
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FV4101 Tank Medium, Charioteersee Wheels & Tracks No. 60... |
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Tank, T-55 (Polish) KPolish built T-55 with Iraqi armour modifications (additional armour over frontal arc). Our exhibit is a Polish built T-55 tank but this modification is believed to have been carried out to various tanks of this sort, including the Chinese Type 69-II. First shown at a military exhibition in Baghda... |
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Norinco Type 69-II Main Battle TankChina began to copy imported Soviet tank designs in the late fifties and the Type-69, which first appeared in 1982, is essentially a copy of the Soviet T-62 but slightly smaller and lighter. The Type 69-I had a smooth bore gun, that fitted to the Type 69-II being rifled. Iraq started to purchase th... |
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SARO Skeeter Mark 7B Air Observation Post Mark 12Restoration: 73 Aircraft Workshops, REME Celle, Germany Restoration: 70 Workshops, Middle Wallop : June/July 1982 Returned after restoration at Middle Wallop on 14 June 1986. Last Skeeter flown operationally in BAOR. Fuselage (front) 2 RTR colours, 7 Armd Div. colours, 4 Armd Brigade plaques (... |
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Tank Heavy Assault A39, TortoiseThe Tortoise project began in 1943 with the design of a turreted Assault Tank which was never built. This was followed by seventeen more designs, only one of which was built. Six prototypes of this version were built by the Lord Nuffield's company but they were not ready until 1947 so this huge mach... |
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