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hi all was just out on a randon drive with friend's & we came across this hiden in a horse field
i really don't know anything about tank's so any info would be much apprieciated oh sorry bout pic quality used fone camera enjoy
first some outside shot's
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a few interior shot's
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hope you like the pic's marty
 
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It's a cheiftain but can't tell which mark.

Really interesting subject, but most of the pictures are shocking I'm afraid :)

Get back and post some more better ones :)

Phil
 
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Ummmmmmmm its a dead tank in a field....didnt see any horses tho as u said it was in a horse field......maybe the tank scared them off....:mrgreen:
 
I see some ancilliary Clansman kit in there. Any sign of the radios themselves? Although that really WOULD be too good to be true, I suppose.
 
hope this pic of a chieftain helps

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why do people buy these then just let them rust away in a field they should be asahmed of themselves!!
 
Daddybear you are becoming a bit of a tank anorak mate lol. Nice find there Marty wish I could find something like that
 
I don't know much about it other than it is a nice find, but what I do know is certain people should not bother commenting if they are going to be bitchy and childish.
I hope you find out a bit more history of this tank mate.
 
I don't know much about it other than it is a nice find, but what I do know is certain people should not bother commenting if they are going to be bitchy and childish.
I hope you find out a bit more history of this tank mate.

thank's for the comment i'm trying to find out who own's the tank :) & i agree people shouldn't comment if they gonna be bitchy
 
That is a really great thing to find sitting in a field...... I'd love to own a tank....... .dunno why...it's just a weird 'tank thing' I guess.........then again.....I also li ke Bulldozers and halftracks too so perhaps its just a 'track' thing' heheheh!
Hope you can find out a bit more about it .....there were a stack of these Cheiftains on the open market around the middle 90s ....a big scrapyard near to Andover at a little place called Hurstbourne had something like 50 or so of them awaiting cutting up around that time..........they also had a a load of Humber Pigs and (I think they were?) Sararcen Armoured cars too....... also quite a few armoured Land Rovers with a dinky little turret on the top..............
And I know he maybe could have made his point with a little more thought......... but............ he's got a point .............if the motor or the transmission has maybe blown then what you got is a pretty hard to shift 50ish tonne lump of iron.....then again maybe it was bought for some kids to play on and they've just grown up and forgot about it ...Hey !.......
......why not take a couple of well charged up truck batterys along and 5 gallons of deisel and try yer luck ! :lol:
 
I don't know much about it other than it is a nice find, but what I do know is certain people should not bother commenting if they are going to be bitchy and childish.
I hope you find out a bit more history of this tank mate.

I was being neither bitchy nor childish! The tank (well known to restorers/collectors) was release with most of the interior fit still in place, items that restorers of heavy armour spend much time and effort searching for, in this instance they are just left to decay in the damp interior. This is not the only example of heavy armour that has just been abandoned/left unattended, there is even one on a North London allotment which actually was brought as a child's 'toy'. It became newsworthy last year when the novelty having waned, it was suddenly painted bright pink and suddenly became very visible - to the consternation of Officialdom!
 
I don't see a problem with pink, DS. The owner could have just told the jobsworths that he'd merely painted it in its desert colours. :p
 
That is a really great thing to find sitting in a field...... I'd love to own a tank....... .dunno why...it's just a weird 'tank thing' I guess.........then again.....I also li ke Bulldozers and halftracks too so perhaps its just a 'track' thing' heheheh!
Hope you can find out a bit more about it .....there were a stack of these Cheiftains on the open market around the middle 90s ....a big scrapyard near to Andover at a little place called Hurstbourne had something like 50 or so of them awaiting cutting up around that time..........they also had a a load of Humber Pigs and (I think they were?) Sararcen Armoured cars too....... also quite a few armoured Land Rovers with a dinky little turret on the top..............
And I know he maybe could have made his point with a little more thought......... but............ he's got a point .............if the motor or the transmission has maybe blown then what you got is a pretty hard to shift 50ish tonne lump of iron.....then again maybe it was bought for some kids to play on and they've just grown up and forgot about it ...Hey !.......
......why not take a couple of well charged up truck batterys along and 5 gallons of deisel and try yer luck ! :lol:

If your lucky and it starts you might need more like 500 Gallons of fuel for one trip round the field.
I know a Ex REME Tankie and he says most common fault is the L60 leyland engine governor packs up and engine revs to destruction.:mrgreen:
 

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