Date: February 2011
More coverage of Australian M3 Medium S/N 25154.
This is a straight gun tank, no 75mm counterweight, no anti magnetic screens. Northern Australia-style camo. Continue reading
Australian M3 Medium Tank S/N 25154 – Part 2
Australian M3 Medium Tank S/N 27101 “Ancient” – Part 2
Date: February 2011
Part 2 of our coverage of Australian M3 Medium S/N 27101 “Ancient”. Continue reading
Australian M3 Medium Tank (Dozer) – Part 1
Date: October 2005
An Australian M3 Medium with dozer attachment and anti magnetic grenade screens. More recent images to follow.
This is a straight gun tank, with 75mm counterweight, anti magnetic screens. Continue reading
Australian M3 Medium Tank S/N 25154 – Part 1
Date: October 2005
One from the archives – an Australian M3 Medium S/N 25154. More recent images to follow.
This is a straight gun tank, no 75mm counterweight, no anti magnetic screens. Northern Australia-style camouflage. Also of note is the “Lee” type turret with cupola removed instead of Grant pattern turret. Continue reading
Australian M3 Medium Tank S/N 27101 “Ancient” – Part 1
Date: October 2005
One from the archives – an Australian M3 Medium S/N 27101 “Ancient”. More recent images to follow.
This is a straight gun tank, no 75mm counterweight, no anti magnetic screens. Also, note the British-designed “Grant” pattern turret. Continue reading
Type 59 Main Battle Tank (Viet Nam)
Date: April 2006
This is a detailed set of images of a Chinese produced Type 59, classified originally as a Medium Tank (in line with the original Soviet T-54/54 lineage of this vehicle), but classed more recently as a Main Battle Tank (MBT). These images complement our earlier series of images of a Chinese vehicle at the Tank Museum of the PLA.
This vehicle was operated by North Viet Nam and captured by troops of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Viet Nam) in 1972 and subsequently presented to the Australian Government.
LVT4 Buffalo
Date: April 2006
This series of images was taken in April 2006 at the Melbourne Tank Museum Auction, Melbourne Australia.
This auction is covered in our article Melbourne Tank Museum Auction – Sale of a Lifetime. Continue reading
LVT(A)4
Date: April 2006
This series of images was taken in April 2006 at the Melbourne Tank Museum Auction, Melbourne Australia.
This auction is covered in our article Melbourne Tank Museum Auction – Sale of a Lifetime. Continue reading
Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short
Date: March 2006
In January 1940, approval was given to commence manufacture in Australia of the British Ordnance QF 25pdr field artillery piece. The first example rolled off the assembly lines in May 1941, a remarkable achievement given the state of the Australian manufacturing base before the war.
As the focus of Australia’s war effort moved from the Mediterranean to the jungles of New Guinea and South East Asia from 1941, the shortcomings of this otherwise excellent weapon in terms of ability to operate away from developed road networks and motor transport accessible terrain were exposed.
Australian industry again responded and developed a lighter, more readily transportable version of the 25pdr which was able to be broken down quickly into air-, jeep- or man- transportable components. This involved modifications to barrel, recoil / recuperator and mount.
Further info and contemporary pics can be found in the Wikipedia entry. Continue reading
Early Centurion Turret – Part 2
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!