MK V Centurion Tank 1st Armoured Regiment

This 50-ton Centurion tank from A troop of B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment was in support of 5RAR during the Battle of Binh Ba on 6-8 June 1969. The tanks and APCs (from B Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment) were crucial to the success of 5RAR’s decisive victory over the 1st Battalion 33 Regiment NVA that had attacked and occupied the villages of Binh Ba and Duc Trung on Route 2 to the north of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province.
This tank is pictured here on the morning of 7 June 1969 in the rubber plantation to the south west of Binh Ba after having just assisted B and D Companies of 5RAR to repulse an early-morning attempt by a company of NVA troops from entering the village.
Note: three tanks were disabled from battle damage and crew casualties