main battle tank
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19980108-001
- Event 1945-1989 Cold War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Royal Ordnance Factory/Vickers/Elswick
- Date Made 1962-1997
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, EnglandContinent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Land transportation, motorized
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1962/01/01
- Latest 1997/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Chieftain Mk II
- Service Component British Army
- Measurements Height 2.895 m, Length 7.578 m, Width 3.657 m
- Caption Chieftain
- Additional Information Heavily armed and armoured, the Chieftain served as Britain's principal main battle tank well into the 1980s. It was also exported to several Middle Eastern countries, including Iran.