§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons a German Panzer IV/70(V) was disposed of from the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, in August 1998; what other examples there are of this tank in other(a) national or local museums and (b) military establishments; and what was the disposal price of the tank. [68211]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham did not dispose of a German Panzer IV/70(V) tank in 1998. The only complete example of a Panzer MkIV in the UK held by us is at the Tank Museum, Bovington. The Imperial War Museum has a cut down (incomplete) example of the Panzer MkIV but neither is an example of the 70(V) variant (there are ten variants of the Panzer MkIV including the 70(V). There are no examples of the Panzer MkIV/70(V) held at military establishments.