HC Deb 12 December 1974 vol 883 c226W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when the Chieftain tank first entered service with the Army; and whether, under the defence review, funds will be provided to purchase new main battle tanks before 1984.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

Chieftain entered British Army service between 1966 and 1973. It is still planned to replace Chieftain in the mid-1980s.