1:35 scale model of M577A1 ACV, mounted on wooden baseLt Col F T Cron 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse "Ich Dien"model, m577a1, armoured command vehicle, cron

Annual exercise 1970 was the penultimate conducted by 8/13 VMR in its role as a tank regiment. The phased introduction of M113 vehicles began.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.Black and white photograph of M577A1 Armoured Command Vehicle ( ACV ) of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles controlling a live shoot by Centurion tanks at Puckapunyal during annual camp 1970.military, tank, centurion, puckapunyal, vmr

1970 was the penultimate year of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles as a tank regiment. The introduction of M113 type vehicles had begun.Black and white photographs of three armoured vehicles of 8/13Victorian Mounted Rifles, 1970: Ferret Scout Car Mark 1: M577A1 Armoured Command Vehicle ( ACV ) and Centurion tank. Observers are sitting on top of vehicles.tank, scout car, ferret, centurion, puckapunyal, military, vmr