ArtistsRifles Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) Are these actually for sale? Or part of Withams "pension fund"???? Found this on the Withams tender site: 259 RARE Chieftan Mk10 MBT with 120mm main armamentwhich will be deactivated to current specs should this be required or can be sold to a licence holder. Direct from WMR and with CES.800 miles.Viewing Recommended.Registration Number: 79 MS 94 Around the £20,000 MARK.... Edited November 24, 2009 by ArtistsRifles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Neil, Everything is for sale for money! How serious you are dictates how far in the yard you get, so I expect not many people make it in to the shed. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Cheers Chris! I was just interested having heard all the stories about Withams and the "pension funds" parked out back in the sheds. Doubt I'll ever have enough £££'s for them to take me seriously!! (and I don't fit in Chieftains - never have and now never will!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agripper Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Dont know if he still has it but there was a T34 parked around the back of the hanger sheeted upbut with an attempt to attatch rubber to teh tracks. He offered me a Green Pink panther years back for a very fair price but bought a Ferret instead. If only I had got the Pinky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Dont know if he still has it but there was a T34 parked around the back of the hanger sheeted upbut with an attempt to attatch rubber to teh tracks. He offered me a Green Pink panther years back for a very fair price but bought a Ferret instead. If only I had got the Pinky! Damn right - a Green one would have been on the books of 21 or- possibly - 23 and thus in the rarity stakes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrynevuk Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I was up at Withams today viewing the tender. At the back there were 8 cheiftains in a line all covered in tarps. You don't see that in many places now. There were also more over the far back. Three ferrets were there too, 1 being a big wheeled type with floatation screen. All 3 are in poor cosmetic condition, with the tin work badly eaten by the rust worm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agripper Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Photo's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan turner (RIP) Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 found this on 2 numbers away from Witham piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Photo's? Here is one picture I took a couple of weeks ago whilst there, sorry it is so poor quality it was going dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Army FV434 Instructor Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I can see why people are thinking its a chally, at the end of the chieftan days they developed a slab armour kit called still brew. They barely put it on as it was for war use only. basically it increased the weight still further and the K60 powerepack was under even more strain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Most British Army "active duty" Chieftains (ie those in BAOR) were fitted with Stillbrew by Base workshops by 1986. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I can see why people are thinking its a chally, at the end of the chieftan days they developed a slab armour kit called still brew. They barely put it on as it was for war use only. basically it increased the weight still further and the K60 powerepack was under even more strain I am certain a K60 pack would be under a lot of strain in any Chieftain think you meant L60 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Army FV434 Instructor Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 yes thats what i meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agripper Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 I see withams now has that up for sale in there auctions section. with Terry Brooks being the high bidder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 ISTR reading on the ARRSE RAC Forum that when in the mid-80s the army realised what (IIRC) Iranians and Iraqis were doing to one-another's tanks, including Chieftains and T72s, the heavy side of the RAC suddenly became very uneasy about the invulnerability of Chieftain in the face of soviet armour. Stillbrew was not as well received (because of the problems that came with it) as CR1 was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afvnut75 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 hi does this mean that the chieftian 2000 is a non runner please forgive me im a little confused ! the vehicle on the tender is now at 13 something grand in other words some one is going to potentialy spend 13 thousand on a vehicle that doesnt run ????? or is it just the other mk 10 mbts that dont run? would love to know as theyve said they had the 2000 running in the ad on their tender im scratching my head over this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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