The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 search for the Viet Cong. Forty four armoured vehicles and 270 soldiers from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) took part in Operation Matilda.
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. 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. 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
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
A 52 ton Centurion Mk 5/1 tank of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC speeds across open country. The tank was one of forty-four armoured vehicles taking part in Operation Matilda, the bigges
