Instructions for operations and maintenance of the full tracked armored personnel carrier M113A1 by operator and crew. there are three punch holes on the left hand side as well as two staples with sins of rust near them.united states - armed forces - service manuals, m113 apc, mortar 81 mm

Ill, p.56.non-fictionIllustrative and textual description of Australian M113 and M113 A1 armoured personnel carriers in Australian service 1962-1972military weapons - australia, armoured personnel carriers - australia

M113 family of Armoured vehiclesentered service with Australian Army circa 1955.Technical manuals and User Handbooks were essential equipment for Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) tradesmen permanently attached to Armoured Corps regiments as Light Aid Detachments (LAD) or AFV Workshops and were responsible for repairs and maintenance of a nature beyond the expertise of AFV crewmen and just short of major rebuilds undertaken by Base Workshop detachments.Research and historical display value, Part of a collection of workshop manuals and user handbooks relating to equipment on issue to 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles during the latter half of the twentieth century.Green vinyl covered manual 54 pages, bound with metal screws being technical Manual User Handbook Carrier Fire Support, Full Tracked M113A1 ( FS }. Published by Australian Army 17 December 1970Ink stamp on title page " 8/13 VMR Regimental Collection "

Two soldiers of VMR Squadron 4/19 Prince of Wales Light Horse : Sergeant Steward and Corporal Hooper with section of M113 Armoured Personal Carrier track, Exercise " Hamel Wood " Puckapunyal 24 August - 8 Sept 1991.military, vmr, puckapunyal, carrier, armour, training

The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles was raised as a regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps on 1 May 1948 with Headquarters in Melbourne and squadrons in Sale, Benalla/Wangaratta and Albury. In 1955 Regimental Headquarters moved to Wangaratta and a second squadron was located at Albury. The Sale squadron transferred to 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. In 1977 8/13 VMR Regiment was reduced to an independent squadron A Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles and in 1991 was linked with 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse forming the VMR Squadron of that regiment.Collection of six colour photographs showing members of 'A' Squadron 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles on a Driving and Servicing Course at Port Augusta South Australia, 1989. The location allowed crewmen from north-east Victoria to experience vastly different operating conditions. The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles was raised as a regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps on 1 May 1948 with Headquarters in Melbourne and squadrons in Sale, Benalla/Wangaratta and Albury. In 1955 Regimental Headquarters moved to Wangaratta and a second squadron was located at Albury. The Sale squadron transferred to 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. In 1977 8/13 VMR Regiment was reduced to an independent squadron A Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles and in 1991 was linked with 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse forming the VMR Squadron of that regiment.military, vmr, m113, training, south australia

8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles was equipped with M113 vehicles in 1970 - 1990. Ferret Scout ars went out of service circa 1967.Black and white photograph of four soldiers of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles with a Ferret Scout Car and a M113 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, circa 1975. Ferret most likely a heritage collection vehicle.

A cream coloured cardboard cover with black information on the cover. Top right hand corner reads TM 9-2300-257-10 and under this reads Department of the Army Technical Manual. At the bottom reads Headquarters, Department of the Army December 1968. There are three punch holes down the left hand side. The manual is stored in a plastic cover for protection.united states - armed forces - service manuals, m113, 81mm mortar, flame thrower