This item is on display in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Havilah Road. Refer photo .1) for details re manufacture, history and use..1) Plaque metal black on a stand with details re the item. .2) Centurion Main Battle Tank Model Mark 5/1, complete with motor, painted green colour, tracked vehicle.brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, tank, centurion

8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles was equipped with Centurion tanks 1955-59 and 1967-72.Hard cover booklet containing " User Handbook for Tk Med Gun Centurion Mk 3, 5 and 6"tank, centurion, handbook

Technical Instructions for Centurion Mark 2 TanksTechnical Booklet - inspection standardmilitary equipment, military - centurion tank

Yellow folder containing a printed copy of the list of the equipment that must be carried on a Centurion Tank.centurion tank, manual

Framed two coloured Photograph of Centurion Tanks in the fieldCenturion Tankscenturion tank

Photograph of 2nd Lt Mick Butler sitting on a Centurion Tank during Operation Pinnaroo 8th March to 15th April 1968. This was his first operation in Vietnam.2nd lt mick butler, operation pinaroo, centurion tank, photograph

In a gold frame with black matting is a black and white photograph of four soldiers John Dyson, Mick Butler, Bob Gould and Alan Jervis on a centurion tank of 2 Troop C Squandron, 1st Armoured Regiment in Vietnam 1968photograph, centurion tank, 2 troop c squadron, 1st armoured regiment, john dyson, mick butler, bob gould, alan jervis

Vietnam War Troops of the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment during a briefing at Vung Tau In 1967, the Royal Australian Armoured Corps' (RAAC), 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) Squadron transferred to "A" Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Vietnam. Although they successfully conducted combat operations in their areas of operation(s) (AOs), reports from the field stated that their light-armour (M-113 ACAVs) were unable to force their way through dense jungle[15] limiting their offensive actions against enemy forces. The Australian government, under criticism from Parliament, decided to send a Squadron of Australian Centurion tanks to South Vietnam.[15] The 84 mm-gunned[16] Australian Centurions of 'C' Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment landed in the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) on 24 February 1968, and were headquartered at Nui Dat in III Corps (MR3).[17] 52 Ton main battle TankARN Number 169090 and tacsign 106tank armoured vietnam centurion mbt

Green coloured training module. Paint peeling off & rusty frame. Seat at the top with a long barrel coming out from the top & numerous brass knots & gauges.centurion tank, training module

Coloured Photograph in a white frame of soldiers numbering eleven. In a jungle field prodding wet and muddy area with sticks. A Centurion Tank that had been mined and bagged in the middle of Photograph. Very green, wet surroundings.Engineer and Cavalry with mined Centurion Tank - Vietnam 1968photograph, centurion tank, mines (military explosives)

N.A.T.O. S.C. Catalogue No. 2320-99-200-0129N.A.T.O. S.C. Catalogue No. 2320-99-200-0129military equipment, sale of centurion mk2 tanks

Puckapunyal was the only firing range for tanks in Victoria. M113 Light Reconnaisance Vehicle ( LEV ) training was also conducted on this camp. It was the last camp using Centurion tanks.Four black and white photographs of Centurion tanks of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles engaged in a range shoot at Puckapunyal during annual camp 1971.centurion, tank, gunnery, military, puckapunyal, vmr

The first British designed and made Centurion tanks arrived in Australia in June 1952. The first tanks went to the 1st Armoured Regiment, but as more tanks became available armoured regiments of the Citizen Military Forces received replacements for their aging General Grant tanks. The Centurion was a great improvement on the Grant with a bigger gun and the ability to fire accurately while moving. Serving soldiers of regiments such as 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles were converted to the new tank and National Servicemen received full-time training while at Puckapunyal. In February 1968, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, equipped with Centurion tanks was sent to Vietnam. This tank No 169073 was one of the twenty tanks which served in Vietnam. There were many doubters about the likely usefulness of the Centurion in the jungle and paddy field environment of South Vietnam. How would this very large tank perform? No one needed to have worried. The tanks performed magnificently and were treasured by the infantry with whom they operated. ‘Tanks save lives’ was the catchcry. Several Reserve officers were attached to the Squadron in Vietnam including Colonel John Neale and Major Gordon Cole. Following the Australian withdrawal, the tanks were refurbished and issued to Army Reserve regiments for training. Our tank was allocated to 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles. Together with the tanks came a crop of Regular Army Cadre staff and training reached a new peak. When the Centurion was superseded by the Leopard surplus vehicles were allocated to museums and regimental collections as trophy vehicles. Black and white photograph of Centurion Tank No. 169073 at Buna Barracks, Albury, home of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles 1988.centurion, tank, buna barracks, albury, vmr

8th/13th VMR was equipped with Centurion tanks 1955 - 1959 and 1966 - 1970. Provides information for gunnery crew commanders & gunnery instructors to train crews in tank gunnery.Representative of training pamphlets used when Australian Army received Centurion tanks Centurion gunnery intro - handling, servicing & mechanismGrey covered booklet" Royal Armoured Corps Training Volume III - Armament Pamphlet No. 15 Centurion 1964. " 286 pages, staple bound.On front cover " 66-022-7190" and ink stamp " A Sqn 2 Cav Regt" Holsworthy 2173 and another very faint stampmilitary, tank, centurion, gun, vmr

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

Centurion tanks in the mud at CORAL Four Centurion tank crew in front of a tank enjoying a break US Army Site with rain puddles in foreground at Coral.photograph, centurion tank, us military, battle of coral-balmoral

Model of centurion tank as was in Service in Vietnam.Centurion tanks were a valuable resource in some operations; they provided valuable support to infantry soldiers.Hand crafted wooden model of a centurion tank.vietnam, vietnam war, diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch, raac

Model Centurion Tank. Tank is painted army Green and has Red paint on edges of where surfaces are "cut away" This cut away model reveals the parts of the tank normally not seen from outside its exterior.Revealed are the men who operate the vechile and its functions, various parts included the engine /motor area.M 104model tank., centurion tank

Centurion Tank- Bridgelayer showing deployed bridge with crew.diorama, centurion tank, bridgelayer

This item contributes to an understanding of the impact that involvement in the war in Vietnam (1962-1972) had on Australian servicemen.Four men in Civilian clothes stand in front of a Centurion Tank which is on a lowloader.Tank you Vets on Tank Day Oct 2000 By John Alexander (R)centurion tank, tank day, john alexander, jordan tony, oct 2000