The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. Centurion tanks of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, pause for refuelling during Operation Matilda. The 52 ton tanks were part of a force of forty-four armoured vehicles taking part in the largest Australian operation since World War II. The armoured column pushed through three provinces in an eleven day search for the Viet Cong (VC).
Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. Centurion tanks of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, pause for refuelling during Operation Matilda. The 52 ton tanks were part of a force of forty-fou
Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. A 52 ton Centurion tank of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, grinds its way across a portable bridge span during Operation Matilda. Forty-four armoure
Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. A 52 ton Centurion tank of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, moves across a portable bridge span during Operation Matilda. The 150 mile sweep by forty
Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. A 52 ton Centurion tank of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, prepares to move across a portable bridge span during Operation Matilda. The 150 mile swe
Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. The 20 pounder gun of a 52 ton Centurion tank from A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, grinds its way across a portable bridge span during Operation Mat
South Vietnam. February 1970. One of the forty-four armoured vehicles of Matilda Force. The armoured personnel carrier (APC), from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, was taking part in the largest armo
