The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A troop of four M113A1, Fire Support Vehicles (FSVs), (foreground) lined up adjacent to the sealed runway at Luscombe field, Nui Dat. The first vehicle 'DENISE' has the call sign four two Alpha (42A). Identified, sitting on a drum behind the third FSV is 217990 Corporal Kenneth William Johnson, who served with C, B and A Squadrons, 1st Armoured Regiment and with A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps from 1969 to 1972. Further down, a line of M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) are visible. These FSVs and APCs are part of A Squadron (denoted by the blue triangle), 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps. Most of these vehicles have their rear access ramps lowered and all have had additional sponson armour added (visible above the first three road wheels). The shipping container (right) has the number 161 painted on the door, and the trees behind the container are the recently vacated lines of the 161st Reconnaissance Flight. On the opposite side of the runway (left) is a small tree topped hill, known as SAS Hill. Note the sheets of perforated steel planking (PSP) also known as Marston steel matting, laid down on the ground. At this stage of the Vietnam War, the perimeter and personnel at 1 Australian Task Force (1ATF) Nui Dat had been reduced, with total withdrawal to Vung Tau scheduled for November 1971.
A troop of four M113A1 Fire Support Vehicles (FSV) (right) lined up next to the runway at Luscombe field, Nui Dat. The first FSV named 'DENISE' and has the call sign four two Alpha (42A). Further to t
A group of vehicles which have been withdrawn from the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat back to Vung Tau, in preparation for their return to Australia. Some of the vehicles identified are M11
A group of vehicles which have been withdrawn from the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat back to Vung Tau, in preparation for their return to Australia. Some of the vehicles identified are two
Centurion Mk V/1 tanks of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) and M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) of 3rd Cavalry Regiment, RAAC on the move near the Lon
A row of three M113A1 Fire Support Vehicles (FSV) at the Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. Identified from left: 218180 Trooper (Tpr) John Albert Wailes and 217990 Tpr Kenneth W
An M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) attached to A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, with the call sign four two (42) and called 'THE SANDGROPER'. This FSV was one of several M113A1 APCs fitted with a
