Date: February 2011
This is a more detailed set of images of the “bare” early Centurion turret at Puckapunyal to complement our earlier series of pics.
Added due to popular demand (well, one person on Missing Links anyway!). This one’s for you Karl!
Date: April 2006
This series of images was taken in April 2006 at the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum, Puckapunyal Vic. Continue reading
Date: April 2006
This series of images shows a completely bare Centurion turret shell, as used on the Centurion Mark II onwards. Continue reading
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
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
Contributed by: Mark Tucker
Date: January 1998
This series of images was taken in 1998 at Holsworthy Army Base, Sydney Australia.
Centurion 169017 has an interesting history and is one of perhaps only two vehicles surviving with South Vietnam modifications in place. Subsequent to these images being taken, 169017 was relocated north to 1 Brigade in Darwin where it remains on duty as a gate guardian. Continue reading
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
Contributed by: Ron Puttee & Lindsay Sparkes
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken in 1996 at Holsworthy Army Base, Sydney Australia.
Centurion 169017 has an interesting history and is one of perhaps only two vehicles surviving with South Vietnam modifications in place. Subsequent to these images being taken, 169017 was relocated north to 1 Brigade in Darwin where it remains on duty as a gate guardian. Continue reading
Contributed by: Ron Puttee & Lindsay Sparkes
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken in 1996 at Puckapunyal Army Base, Victoria Australia.
Centurion 169031 “Bewildered” is another Centurion with an interesting story. She is currently the gate guardian at Puckapunyal, and was part of the first shipment of Mark 3 vehicles received by the Australian Army in 1951/52, but did not serve in South Vietnam. Continue reading
Contributed by: Ron Puttee & Lindsay Sparkes
Date: January 1996
This series of images was taken in 1996 at the RAAC Memorial and Army Tank Museum, Puckapunyal Victoria, Australia.
Classroom Instructional Mountings (CIMs), as the name implies, were used for training crews in various drills under close supervision in a classroom setting. Continue reading