A 52 ton Centurion tank of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) is unloaded off a US Landing ...

Accession Number EKT/68/0173/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Film original transparency (positive) other
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Ba Ria
Date made 12 September 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A 52 ton Centurion tank of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) is unloaded off a US Landing Craft, Tank (LCT), no. 63, on the outskirts of Baria, the capital of the Phuoc Tuy Province. This was one of 11 additional tanks that arrived in September 1968 to expand the 1AR presence in South Vietnam.

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