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i found this very interesting .. best krieg

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sorry fokes this has turned out not so good all the info never came out
still trying .. krieg

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Never was a better named tank given to the Ozzies.
Images show up perfectly for me mate.

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They work well for me mate, any info on them.

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the pics came out fine but all the info on the brigade where they where
in 1944.5.. who they were all the history of them never came out
but my .pc.wos made in 1925. still trying..

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a little more on the tank boys

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What website did you find the images on?
Can you post a link?

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3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia)

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Australian 3rd Army Tank Brigade

The Australian 3rd Army Tank Brigade was an Australian armoured brigade. The Brigade was formed in May 1942 and disbanded in September 1943.

History

The 3rd Army Tank Brigade was formed on 6 May 1942 by bringing together three armoured regiments which had previously formed part of the 1st Cavalry Division. As with all British Commonwealth Tank Brigades, the primary role of the 3rd Army Tank Brigade was to provide armoured support to infantry formations. In keeping with this role the Brigade was initially equipped with Matilda II tanks which had previously been issued to the 1st Armoured Brigade.
Upon formation the 3rd Army Tank Brigade was concentrated in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales for training with the Brigade eventually being located at Singleton. The 1st Army Tank Battalion was detached from the Brigade and re-assigned to the newly formed 4th Armoured Brigade in February 1943.
As it had been decided that the 4th Armoured Brigade would be responsible for providing all armoured support to Australian Army units in the Pacific Theatre the 3rd Army Tank Brigade headquarters and support units were gradually disbanded between 6 August and 26 September 1943. The 2nd and 3rd Army Tank battalions were, however, retained as independent battalion groups until their disbandment in March 1944 (the 2nd Army Tank Battalion was also re-equipped with M3 Grant medium tanks in September 1943).
The Brigade was commanded by Brigadier J.A. Clarebrough throughout its brief history.
The 1st Army Tank battalion was the only element of the Brigade to see action. After its separation from the Brigade the Battalion served in the Huon Peninsula campaign of 1943-1944 and, after being re-designated the 1st Armoured Regiment, the Australian liberation of Balikpapan in Borneo in 1945.

[edit] Composition

Upon formation, the 3rd Army Tank Brigade consisted of:

• 3rd Army Tank Brigade HQ
• 1st Army Tank Battalion (Matilda II) (previously the 1st Light Horse Regiment)
• 2nd Army Tank Battalion (Matilda II) (previously the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment)
• 3rd Army Tank Battalion (Matilda II) (formed by expanding the 1st Light Tank Company)
• Signals, engineers and service troops

3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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Australian tank deployment
by Graham Donaldson
Tank procurement for Australia during the Pacific war

The first production of the ACMk1 tanks, known as Sentinel, began in August 1942; Armament one 2pdr gun with 130 rounds, a pair of point303 calibre Vickers machine-guns with 4,250 bullets; Agility 48kph/30mph, trench span 8ft, power unit three Cadillac V-8 petrol motors @ 330bhp, with a range of 320 km’s/200 miles; Armour thickness 25-65mm, crew of five with intercommunications circuit and No19 wireless set, weight 28ton and the maker New South Wales Railway Company Chullora. The ACMk2 was planned to have the new 6pdr (57mm), but supplies of this weapon were needed elsewhere, and to streamline manufacturing details, correct teething problems of operational service and re-address design weaknesses. The low muzzle velocity and curved trajectory 25pdr (87.6mm) was considered for the ACMk3 close support version with an engine built in Australia by General Motors-Holden. The 17pdr (75mm) AT gun was planned for the 31ton ACMk4 and a prototype was tested being the most powerfully armed Western Allied tank in 1943.
The development of Sentinel with the 17pdr gun was similar work done in Britain to mount this new weapon in a turret, whereas the Australian tank was shown to be capable of accepting the larger gun, the British experts had to go and design new hulls to accommodate a larger turret ring, or use the USM4 Sherman. Australia through Lend-Lease purchased US built M3 Lee-Grant medium tanks, with a 37mm gun in a small high-elevated turret but powerful and limited traversing 75mm gun in the side front hull. They filled the ranks of the Australian 1Armoured Division (Maj-Gen Robertson), 3 Armoured Division (Maj-Gen Bridgeford) and Army Tank Brigades. The M3 Light Stuart / Honey, used at Buna and Sanananda, were given to the divisional cavalry reconnaissance regiments of the Light Horse tradition. By June 1942 Australia had a medium tank force of some 467 tanks whose main armament could penetrate the Japanese armour, maximum 26mm, at ranges of 1000 yards and by April 1943 there were 1,672 tanks and a planned 775 AC’s for manufacturing in Australia. In July 1943 future production plans were cancelled and of the sixty-six ACMk1’s fabricated and acquisitioned the RAA used them solely as armoured training vehicles until 1956, as with any Matilda tanks still in service then replaced with the British Centurion.
Conversely the Japanese medium tank could not penetrate the armour of Matilda Infantry tanks supplied from Great Britain and US made M3 mediums except at ranges much less than 1,000yards. As the long range battles in North Africa had already shown this disadvantage made a tank force virtually ineffective. As the threat of invasion receded armoured units, which had been dispersed throughout Australia in the anti-invasion role, were disbanded until by the end of the war only the 4AB remained. This tank brigade formed in early 1943, issued and equipped with modified Matilda Mk2 Infantry Tanks, even an added anti-mine / grenade cover mesh over the engine cover plate and exhaust, was training in Queensland until later that year. Detached formations of this parent outfit fought in Papua-New Guinea, on Bougainville Island and in 1945 at Borneo. The Matildas were also converted to ‘circus equipment’ for specific intended use throughout the South West Pacific war zone. One type developed named a Frog were specially modified with a flamethrower in place of their main armament for burning out bunkers, tunnels, buildings and other strongpoints of the enemy. One troop of Frogs landed with the 2/9AR at Labuan in Brunei Bay, and another troop of Frogs at Balikpapan with the 1AR, the new-named reinforced and re-equipped 1Army Tank Battalion. Other Australian produced circus equipment was the CS Matilda armed with an 3inch (75mm) Howitzer, the Matilda Hedgehog another bunker buster with a piece of weaponry from naval anti-submarine stores.
A spigot mechanism multi-launching 63kg-mortar bombs, in a propelling rack attached to the rear of the tank with a range of about three hundred yards. And the Matilda Dozer, with a disconnectable bulldozer blade fitted to the front hull for clearing away obstacles and the conventional Matilda can be converted to a normal gun tank when required. A troop of Matilda Dozers landed at Balikpapan but the Matilda Hedgehogs sent to Bougainville in 1945 were too late to see action. Although because of the close jungle conditions there were never opportunities for mass armoured manoeuvres and the designed Matilda Infantry tanks rather fought like the mobile monsters reminiscent of advances across the bullet swept muddy trenches in later years of the Great War. The tanks performed other active duties, escorted supplies columns against snipers and ambush, transported wounded riding on top perhaps sitting on the anti-magnetic mesh mine screen over the engine cover to prevent their buttocks from getting burnt. As a consequence the Australian armoured units were organised as self-supporting groups with service & maintenance and local defence auxiliaries included. The slow advances entailed exhausting periods of up to six hours in a closed tank gaining experience in using AFV’s down narrow tracks in support of infantry and were used to cut tracks through the thick jungle to maintain the infantry further on. And were subjected to daily attacks by ambush, a host of obstacles including mines, booby-traps, tank ditches, concealed anti-tank and field artillery guns, in addition to all round rough terrain and the environment.

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4th Armoured Brigade (Australia)

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Australian 4th Armoured Brigade
4th Australian Armoured Brigade formation sign
4th Armoured Brigade Matilda II and M3 Grant tanks firing small calibre weapons during a demonstration


The Australian 4th Armoured Brigade was formed in January 1943 to provide armoured support for Australian Army units operating in the South West Pacific Area. The Brigade was never intended to serve as a single formation, rather its role was to provide a pool of armoured units from which units and sub-units could be provided to augment infantry forces. The Brigade was also responsible for developing doctrine and specialised armoured vehicles for armoured warfare in tropical terrain.
In keeping with the Brigade's task of providing armoured units to other formations, the Brigade's armoured regiments were organised into self-supporting regimental groups and the Brigade did not possess the reconnaissance, infantry and other supporting elements which were common in Second World War era armoured brigades.
The 4th Armoured Brigade was disbanded in March 1946.



Composition

Upon formation

• 4th Armoured Brigade HQ (previously 6th Armoured Brigade HQ)
• 1st Army Tank Battalion (Australia) (Matilda II) (ex-3rd Army Tank Brigade)
• 2/6th Armoured Regiment (M3 Stuart) (previously independent)
• 2/9th Armoured Regiment (M3 Grant) (ex-3rd Armoured Division)
• Signals, engineers and service troops

Upon disbandment

• 4th Armoured Brigade HQ
• 1st Armoured Regiment (Matilda II)
• 2/4th Armoured Regiment (Matilda II) ((ex-3rd Armoured Division)
• 2/6th Armoured Regiment (M3 Grant)
• 2/9th Armoured Regiment (M3 Grant)
• 1st Armoured Amphibious Squadron (LVT) (newly raised)
• Armoured Squadron (Special Equipment) (specialised Matilda II variants) (newly raised)
• Signals, engineers and service troops

Elements of the Brigade in action


Two Matilda tanks of 1 Armoured Regiment engage a Japanese strong point in the Balikpapan suburb of Pandesari

• A and C Squadrons of the 1st Army Tank Battalion saw action attached to the Australian 9th Division in the Huon Peninsula campaign of 1943-1944
• C Squadron of 2/4th Armoured Regiment saw action attached to the Australian 6th Division in Wewak from October 1944 until the end of the war.
• A and B Squadrons of 2/4th Armoured Regiment were deployed to Bougainville as part of Australian II Corps in 1945.
• C Squadron of the 2/9th Armoured Regiment was attached to the 26th Brigade Group during the invasion of Tarrakan in May 1945.
• The remainder of the 2/9th Armoured Regiment was attached to the 9th Division during its operations in British North Borneo from June 1945 until the end of the war.
• 1st Armoured Regiment and the Armoured Squadron (Special Equipment) were attached to the Australian 7th Division during its operations in Balikpapan from July 1945 until the end of the war.

4th Armoured Brigade (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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thanks for that .JC. this is what i wos trying to get up here but run into
heaps of trouble trying .. once thanks .. krieg

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