The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A yellow smoke grenade explodes at the rear of a Centurion tank of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC in the jungle in front of a soldier. Smoke grenades were used to help helicopter pilots gauge wind direction at Landing Zones (LZ) as well as identifying enemy/friendly positions.
South Vietnam. 1968. An M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) following a Centurion tank on an armoured patrol through dense undergrowth . This APC is fitted with a Cadillac Gage T50 turret and is arm
42633 Sergeant Walter Egon Meyer, a crew member of a M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), following a Centurion tank on an armoured patrol through dense undergrowth . This APC is fitted with a Cadil
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
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
Crew members of Centurion Mk 5/1 (Aust) tank ARN 169087 (not in view) with call sign 3B (three bravo), of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment RAAC, have let off a yellow coloured flare to indicate a lan
'Uptight', a mammoth 52-ton Centurion tank, call sign 4B (Four Bravo) ARN 169104 of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR), having come in from the jungle to 106th Field Workshop at the Australian Ta
