Chieftains and FV432s coming soon!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Hmmm . . . thought the Mk.2, Mk.3 and Mk.5 were all production versions, and served in the frontline? Every mark later is an upgrade of one of these.

Sort of, 50 Mk 2 for trials Mk 3 production, Mk 5 main version...

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very impressive Leon.

[T13A]

Hi

When I first joined my squadron (Ajax, 2RTR, Münster) in September 1974 I'm pretty sure we had a mixture of Chieftain Mk2's and Mk3's (and a Centurion ARV in the Light Aid Detachment)! The Mk2's I seem to remember were fairly quickly replaced with up graded models but I'm pretty sure the Mk3's were with us for some time.

Cheers Paul

[Big Insect]

All looking great Leon - well done - my Berlin Brigade project is starting to move closer to becoming a reality 

[Raider4]

All looking great Leon - well done - my Berlin Brigade project is starting to move closer to becoming a reality 

  But need the FV432 with the Fox turret for that mind.

[Leon]

Looking good - fully embracing 3D printed vehicle masters, I see. Makes a lot of sense for vehicles where there are known measurements and variants can be pretty easily created from the base model.

It's definitely a much easier route to new masters, we can resize if needed, tweak them if we want, and print replacements if there's any problems during moulding. There is a cost implication though, these new 3D designs are coming in at 30%-50% more expensive than our traditional modellers.

  But need the FV432 with the Fox turret for that mind.

16 different FV432s and of course we're missing one!  It shouldn't be too hard to add that turret though, so we'll have a chat with the designer.  Does anyone know if that turret was put on the Mk 1 or the Mk 2-1 hull?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Mk 1 Hulls as far as I can remember, 2LI had them in 74/5 when I did a 2 week attatchment.

[Big Insect]

  But need the FV432 with the Fox turret for that mind.

True - but Leon does the Fox - so a pretty straight forward conversion (I suspect) 

[Raider4]

True - but Leon does the Fox - so a pretty straight forward conversion (I suspect) 

That's what I thought, but I couldn't find the Fox on the website?

[sultanbev]

The Chieftain Mk.1 and Mk.2 are getting mixed up.
Production numbers are:
40x Mk.1
300+ x Mk.2 (1967)
500+ x Mk.3 (1970)
2x Mk.4 for Israel (1974)
100x Mk.5 (1973)
Mk.6 are Mk.2 rebuilt to Mk.5 standard, so ~ 300 (c1978) with IINF in theory
Mk.7 are Mk.3 rebuilt to Mk.6 standard, so anything from a few-500 (c1979 with IINF)
Mk.8 is a Mk.5 with minor upgrades, so maybe 100 (c1979)
Mk.6, 7 and 8 were all upgraded to Mk.9 from 1983, so from 400 to 900, with FSAPDS.
Mk.10 Stiibrew I haven't found conversion numbers (1987)
Mk.11 Stillbrew x324 converted (from 1987)

Some data from Robert Griffin Chieftain MBT, Photosniper 7 book

[Big Insect]

That's what I thought, but I couldn't find the Fox on the website?

I think I might have misled you ... apologies ... I'm not sure the Fox has appeared in the range yet.

[flamingpig0]

I think I might have misled you ... apologies ... I'm not sure the Fox has appeared in the range yet.

That is because it is  Fox on the Run

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

That is because it is  Fox on the Run

GET OUT......

[howayman]

That is because it is  Fox on the Run

That was a sweet joke   

[fsn]

I only just got that.

Well played, Sir, well played.