§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is satisfied with the number of Chieftain tanks in service with Her Majesty's Forces in the light of recent tank warfare in the Middle East.
§ Mr. William RodgersYes; the re-equipment of all our armoured regiments with Chieftain is complete. It is probably the best tank in the world, as the success of its predecessor Centurion in the Middle 3W East war underlined, but an increase in numbers is not necessarily the best way of improving our total capability.