The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Front view of a Diamond Reo prime mover tractor used by the Australian army in South Vietnam in 1971. Visible on the vehicle is the bridging limit disc of 32 tons, the 1st Australian Task Force shield with kangaroo in the centre and the Army Registration Number (ARN) 174-023. The number 7 has been stencilled onto each side of the white bumper bar. The large unit sign, 86, is visible next to the port side headlamp. These tractors towed 20 ton model F2A Fruehauf cargo trailers and were used to transport all manner of cargo between Vung Tau, Saigon and Nui Dat. This vehicle has suffered slight damage to the front bumper bar as a result of a collision with a Land Rover.
Rear view of a Land Rover used by the Australian army in South Vietnam. Visible on the centre line of the vehicle is a mount and ammunition box for an 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun, with fur
A Diamond Reo prime mover and semi trailer, attached to 86 Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps. The vehicle has been named 'Miss Anne' and has the Army Registration Number 174023. O
A 6x4 General Motors Corporation Model CCW353 General Service Cargo truck used by the RAAF, serial number 205619, with a carrying capacity of 2.5 to 5 ton. The name 'Daphne' is stencilled in on the fr
Some vehicles parked in front of the Free World Military Assistance Forces Headquarters building in Saigon. The vehicle (right) is a Diamond Reo prime mover and semi trailer, attached to 86 Transport
A wheeled front end loader with forklift tynes unloading palletised loads of 20 pounder tank ammunition from the trailer of a Diamond Reo semi trailer, from 86 Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army
A late production GMC Model CCKW 353 B2 GS six wheel drive 2 1/2 ton truck with a wood/steel tray and body, soft top cabin and a front bumper bar mounted drum winch. The ten tyres on the vehicle, plus
