The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Concealed beneath jungle growth is one of the well-constructed entrances to an extensive enemy bunker system which has just been captured in an assault by a combined armoured and infantry force as part of Operation Concrete II. Located about 5 km northeast of Dat Do, the bunker complex was occupied by over 50 Viet Cong of C2 Company, D445 Battalion, at the time of the attack. The assault was carried out by elements of the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), tanks of 3 Troop, A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment RAAC, and armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of 2 Troop, B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment RAAC.
An unidentified Australian soldier searches one of the well-concealed entrances to an extensive enemy bunker system located in the jungle about 5 km northeast of Dat Do. The system has just been captu
At an extensive enemy camp and bunker system, a table and seats fashioned from of jungle timber stand on a raised earthen platform among trees and undergrowth. The system has just been captured in an
3109339 Craftsman (Cfn) Wayne Anthony Burton (left) and 3175586 Cfn Graeme Arthur Unmack, both from A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment (LAD) RAEME, relax with a brew of tea beside
Horseshoe Base. 4720545 Trooper John Allan Gebhardt (left) and 313141 Trooper Rodney Wilden Lynch, both members of 3 Troop, A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment RAAC, check their Centurion Mk 5/1 (Aust)
A MkV/1Centurion tank 3C (Three Charlie), named 'Pussy Eater', of 3 Troop, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC, escorts armoured personnel carriers (APCs) which carried an F Troop, 2 Squadron, Special Ai
Carrying soldiers from 7RAR, a column of M113A1 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, moves along a dirt track away from Night Defensive Position (NDP) Brigid during Op
