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The Australian tanks were designated the Leopard AS1, and were based on the Leopard 1A3 which had been built for the German Army. The main difference between the Australian and German tanks was the inclusion of a SABCA fire control system, equipment to allow the tank to better operate in the tropics, additional storage boxes on the sides of the ...
At the onset of the Second World War, Australia had a relatively underdeveloped manufacturing sector and was still largely dependent on the United Kingdom.
English: A former Australian Army Leopard 1 tank on display at Kilcoy, Queensland, Returned and Services Club. Date: 10 January 2011, 09:52:06: Source:
Main battle tank: 59 59 M1A1 AIM SA Abrams were purchased to replace the Leopard AS1 in service with the 1st Armoured Regiment. The first M1 equipped sub-units of the regiment became operational in mid-2007. [43] Under LAND 907 Phase 2, the M1A1 will be upgraded to the M1A2 through replacement.
Members of the 2/4th Armoured Regiment with a M3 Grant tank in 1942. Armoured units made a relatively small, but important, contribution to Australia’s war effort during World War II. While Australia formed three armoured divisions and two independent armoured brigades during the war, Australian armoured units only saw action as independent ...
The Australian Army was founded by a merger of the six separate armies of the six independent Australian British colonies. When those forces merged officially on 1 March 1901, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, all six colonies had troops already engaged in combat in the field.
Puckapunyal, Victoria: Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum. ISBN 0-642-99407-2. Johnston, Mark (2007). The Australian Army in World War II. Elite. Martin Windrow (consultant editor). Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-123-6. Johnston, Mark (2008). The Proud 6th: An Illustrated History of the 6th Australian Division 1939–1945 ...
Australian and Dutch POWs at Tarsau, Thailand, in 1943. Nearly 29,000 Australians were taken prisoner by the Axis during the war, the bulk of them members of the Australian Army. [246] During the fighting in the Middle East and Greece, 7,116 Australian soldiers were taken prisoner by German and Italian forces.