The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Centurion tanks of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, rumble along Route 23 bound for Binh Tuy Province. Part of Matilda Force, the tanks were taking part in the biggest Australian armoured operation since World War 2. The eleven day, 150 mile sweep through three provinces involved forty four armoured vehicles and 270 men from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF).
South Vietnam. February 1970. Centurion tanks of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, rumble along Route 23 bound for Binh Tuy Province. Part of Matilda Force, the tanks were taking part in the biggest
South Vietnam. February 1970. Centurion tanks of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, rumble along Route 23 bound for Binh Tuy Province. Part of Matilda Force, the tanks were taking part in the biggest
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
Binh Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1970. Diggers take time off from Operation Matilda to carry out running repairs to their armoured personnel carrier (APC). The men, from B Squadron, 3rd Cava
