P03258.040 Accession Number: P03258.040

Description

An American built Cadillac Gage V-150 armoured car, mounting two machine guns in its T-50 model turret, sits in position outside the perimeter of the headquarters of the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) contingent to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), located near Pochentong Airport in Phnom Penh. Accompanying the Indonesian contingent, this V-150 is painted in traditional white with large 'UN' markings, flying the blue and white UN flag and displaying the registration 'UNTAC 8103'. A protective barrier of sandbags and drums has been laid against the perimeter fence. FCU headquarters was known to Cambodians as 'Pteah Australii' and was under the armed protection of the Indonesian Contingent, which, along with the Ghanaian Contingent, was deployed in a security capacity to the Phnom Penh Special Zone (PPSZ) for the duration of the electoral period, from October 1992 onwards.

Details

Accession Number
P03258.040
Maker
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
1993
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Smith
Copyright
AWM copyright

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