The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This film shot as part of requirement required in DPR Sig 16902. In this film the tanks of "B" Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment were operating in support of infantry but no infantry appears because the tanks were in fact acting as beaters in close country to drive enemy on to an infantry ambush (successful 3 enemy KIA by infantry). At no time did the tanks open fire. However, the film is indicative of the very close country in which armour operates in Vietnam.
Above film was shot on Operation Track Duster, an armoured/infantry operation near Thai Thien, 15 miles north west of Nui Dat, as APCs and Centurion tanks moved into a night ambush position along a wa
The tanks went to Vietnam in a cloud of public apprehension, but soon proved their worth. The Task Force Commander, Brigadier Pearson said before he left South Vietnam just recently that the Centurion
Citizen Military Force troops from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, had their first experience of tank warfare during an exercise North of Ingham. The tanks, which are normally based at
The tanks went to Vietnam in a cloud of public apprehension, but soon proved their worth. The Task Force Commander, Brigadier Pearson said before he left South Vietnam just recently that the Centurion
Eleven more Centurion tanks have arrived in Vietnam for service with the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province. The tanks, which each weigh fifty tons, were unloaded from a United
Twenty eight Centurion tanks and variants are on their way home following three-and-a-half years service in total by them and their predecessors in South Vietnam. The 52-ton tanks are bound for 1 Cent
