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Centurion 5/1 ARN 169080
Date: April 2006
This series of images was taken in April 2006 at the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum, Puckapunyal Vic. Continue reading
Early Centurion Turret – Part 1
Date: April 2006
This series of images shows a completely bare Centurion turret shell, as used on the Centurion Mark II onwards. Continue reading
Light Tank Mark VIB – Part 2
Date: January 1997
This vehicle was photographed at the Musee des Blindes in Saumur. Continue reading
Centurion Mark 5/1 ARN 169108 (Vietnam Modifications)
Contributed by: Shane Lovell
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken at a private collection.
Centurion 169108 is one of perhaps only two vehicles surviving with South Vietnam modifications in place, the other being ARN 169017. Continue reading
Centurion Mark 5/1 ARN 169110
Contributed by: Dean Ansell
Date: August 2006
This series of images was taken in August 2006 at the Long Tan Commemoration Ceremony held at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT. Continue reading
Australian Centurions in a Nutshell
…and in Vietnam too!
Background
The release of the AFV Club Royal Australian Armoured Corps Centurion Mk 5/1 (Vietnam Version) has been a wish fulfilled for many modellers, worldwide. We understand that this is the first in a large range of Centurion variants to be released by AFV Club, in both mainstream, full production and limited edition versions.
Therefore it is worthwhile to give an overview of Centurion gun tank variants, then drill down to put the Australian versions in context, and further, to see just what makes an Australian Vietnam variant – with lots of reference images, of course. Continue reading
Raupenschlepper Ost (RSO/01)
Date: October 1997
The Raupenschlepper Ost (RSO) was designed and built by Steyr of Austria and built under licence by Graf & Stift (Austria), Auto Union (Germany) and Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz (Germany). It was designed specifically for the Eastern Front and its main purpose was as a gun tractor, but other uses included snow plough, ambulance, anti-tank carrier and amphibian. Continue reading
7.5cm Pak 40/1 auf RSO (Sfl) (Raupenschlepper Ost fur 7.5cm Pak 40)
Date: October 1997
This self propelled mount for the ubiquitous Pak 40 was built on the chassis of the Steyr-designed Raupenschlepper Ost (RSO). 83 vehicles were converted to this version during 1944. Continue reading
Crusader III AA Mk III
Date: September 1997
This series of images was taken in September 1997 at the Musee des Blindes, Saumur, France. Continue reading