The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnamese children watch as part of Matilda Force rumbles through their village. The force from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment and B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, comprised forty four armoured vehicles and 270 soldiers. The 150 mile push through three provinces made it the largest armoured operation by the Australian Army since the Second World War. A Jeep (left), number EM5770, rounds the bend as it passes a Centurion Mk V/1 tank with the call sign three Alpha (3A) followed by an M113A1 repair fitters vehicle and a Centurion bridge layer.
A Centurion MkV/1 tank negotiating a temporary 52 foot bridge span put down by a Centurion bridge layer. The tank, from A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, along with infantry support, is part of Opera
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
Operation Matilda, a three province sweep by Armoured Personnel Carriers of B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and Centurion tanks of B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment. Forty four armoured vehicles and
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
A Centurion tank from A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, grinds its way across a portable 52-ft bridge span. The tank was part of Matilda Force which, in eleven days swept through three provinces in a
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
