The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The mantlet and turret of a Centurion Mk V/1 (Aust) tank, call sign 3A (three alpha), with the Army Registration Number 169036, of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC, which was hit by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) fired by Viet Cong fighters on 21 May 1970. The tank was part of a combined armoured and infantry force attacking an enemy bunker system. The outline of the double penetration is circled with chalk. The canvas mantlet cover is likely to have caught on fire, leaving only tattered remains. The driver's hatch can be seen in the open position (lower left corner). The driver and gunner were both wounded by shrapnel from the strike and the crew commander had been hit by shrapnel from an earlier RPG strike.
The results of a well aimed enemy rocket propelled grenade (RPG) on a Centurion tank of A Squadron, 1 Armoured Regiment, commanded by 55073 Sergeant (Sgt) Barry Chambers. In a bunker action on 21 May
The result of a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) strike on a Centurion tank during a bunker assault on Operation Hermit Park. The tank, whose call sign was 5B (‘5 Bravo’), was from C Squadron, 1 Armoure
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)
Damage to a Centurion Mk V/1 tank, call sign three two (32), of 2 Troop, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps. It was caused by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) which was
Battle damaged QF 20 Pounder gun barrel from a Centurion Tank. The barrel, which is not fitted with a breech block, has a prominent fume extractor at its midpoint and traces of khaki paint. The riflin
A Centurion MkV/1 tank of B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR), call sign 92A (Nine Two Alpha), ARN 169106, bogged in the Long Hai Hills.
