The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The recovery of an Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment (3CAV), serial number 134305, call-sign, one three Alpha, (13A), "The Nympho". 13A was damaged by an estimated 30lb (14 kilogram) pressure mine whilst patrolling in the east of Phuoc Tuy Province on the first day of Operation Massey Harris on 29 August 1970. According to the 3CAV war diary, 13A was the first of the Australian M113A1s fitted with belly armour to detonate a mine of considerable size. The blast lifted the APC and dropped it onto the rear of a Centurion Mk V/1 tank. The blast has removed the access ramp, the track, two road wheels, the idler wheel and the belly armour. One South Vietnamese bushman scout was killed and fourteen Australians and one New Zealander were wounded. It is highly likely that the belly armour fitted to this vehicle prevented a higher loss of life.
The badly damaged interior of an M1131A Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, that ran over and detonated a large enemy anti-tank mine on the first day of Operation Masse
Two soldiers are on top of an M1131A Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, that sustained severe damage when it ran over and detonated a large enemy anti-tank mine on the
On the first day of Operation Massey Harris, an M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, has run over and detonated a large enemy anti-tank mine. The explosion lifted
Troopers inspect the damage to an M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), with call sign one three alpha (13A), ARN 134305 and nickname 'The Nympho', from B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment. On the first
Troopers from B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, and members of the 1st Australian Task Force's Defence and Employment (D&E) Platoon stand and sit on top of M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with c
Members of A Squadron, 1 Armoured Regiment, look on a large crater that was blown in the ground when an enemy anti-tank mine exploded beneath an M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of B Squadron,
