The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
May Tao, South Vietnam. 2 December 1969. Huge baulks of timber, for building bunkers, are used as a point for setting up a temporary home for radios being used to control the 'organised chaos' which reigns during the hectic early stages of establishing a fire base. The early stages at Fire Support Base (FSB) Picton being used by guns of 101st Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), to support infantry from 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) taking part in Operation Marsden.
May Tao, South Vietnam. 2 December 1969. At Fire Support Base (FSB) Picton on the fringe of the mountains, home of 101st Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), supporting 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZ
May Tao, South Vietnam. 2 December 1969. Men of 101st Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, race to prepare their guns for action at the setting up of Fire Support Base (FSB) Picton, north east of Nui
May Tao, South Vietnam. 2 December 1969. A 105mm howitzer gun of 101st Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, stands ready for instant action on steel mesh matting in support of 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The AN
May Tao, South Vietnam. 2 December 1969. Guns and supplies are lowered into Fire Support Base (FSB) Picton from a Chinook helicopter. FSB Picton has been set up at the fringe of the mountains to suppo
May Tao, South Vietnam. 2 December 1969. RAAF Chinook helicopter brings supplies in to an area where a new fire support base was being established. Fire Support Base (FSB) Picton, is on the fringe of
May Tao, South Vietnam. A 52 ton Centurion tank of B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC was brought up to clear this large tree from the line of fire of artillery during the setting up of Fir
