Tank Graveyard in Australia: Grant & Matilda Relics in Murrayville
This footage of a tank graveyard at Murrayville in north western Victoria was originally filed under my old account and was thankfully reposted by ritchiewinter. Please note I have annotated the comments about the turrent (it is not a Lee/Grant top turrent but one from a Staghound armoured car). The footage was originally recorded in January 2008 and I'm uncertain as to the current state of the wrecks. According to previous comments on my first posting the tanks were possibly used after the war as tractors for local farmers. If anyone can film some updated footage and link that'd be much appreciated.
Murrayville Tank Graveyard: June 2017
Footage taken of several M3 Grant and Matilda II tank wrecks located in the Victorian country town of Murrayville. I believe that these tanks were once used to equip the 1st Australian Armoured Division, 2nd AIF, and at the end of WW2 they were sold to local farmers for clearing and other agricultural uses.
An earlier visit to this same site can be found here:
Murrayville Day Parade
Pack 222 and Troop 212 Cool Springs Babtist Church
Tank Graveyard in Australia
Some nice old tanks in bits, at least they wont rust much in the desert.
This video belongs to eusebius65
Super 8: Ouyen 8/11/87
Silent Super 8 movie looking around Ouyen yard on Sunday 8/11/87
Mephisto – rarest tank in the world
Television ad of Mephisto exhibtion on display at the Australian War Memorial from July 27 2015.
Tanks were one of the First World War’s major technological innovations. They were first developed by the British, and were later taken up by France. The Germans began developing their own tanks after the British first deployed theirs during the battle of the Somme in 1916.
Of Germany’s A7V Sturmpanzerwagen, only 20 were ever built for use in war. They saw limited service on the Western Front in 1918, and today only one survives – number 506, “Mephisto”.
Mephisto (Flashback July 2018)
This German WW1 tank is the only surviving one of its kind, captured right under the noses of the Germans and brought home to Australia.
2/23 Inf. Battalion on Tarakan Island
Coverage of activities in Tarakan area made up from Cpl Doug Hardy's original job numbers 359, 365, 366 & 367. VX147635 Private (Pte) Reginald Vincent Clarke and VX142554 Pte Peter Leslie Dow of 11th Platoon B Company 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion. NX58227 Pte Ernest William Harding of D Coy 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, comforting two young Chinese children. Crew of Matilda tank C Squadron, 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment on Collins Highway. Pte Bourke (?) takes a spell and has a dixie of coffee. SX10310 Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Alfred George Tucker at Tac II in bombed house near airstrip. NX93451 Padre Captain Gloster Stuart Udy of 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion. First plane to land on Tarakan strip - an Auster III, piloted by 405625 Flight Lieutenant Ronald Henry Drabsch - time 3 p.m., 6th May. Cross on grave NX125115 Pte John McBratney, DOW 2.5.45, Pres. Cross of VX32960 Pte Reginald George Redman KIA 3.5.45, Meth. 67973 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Kenneth Stephen Phillips and 118238 LAC James Gorey, 61 Op Base Unit RAAF, standing on truck with shrapnel scarred warehouse in background.
Attack on Cape Moem
Australian infantry of the 2/8 Battalion supported by Matilda tanks of the 2/4 Armoured Regiment in action. Includes scene of Matilda tank firing on a Japanese tank.
On board RM 58 as it departed Ouyen Station
Saturday 11th June to Monday 13th June 2016: Yelta and Murrayville Trip. (Last Broad Gauge Heritage Passenger Train to Murrayville, Mildura and Yelta)
On board RM 58 as it departed Ouyen Station on its way to Yelta.
TANK MUSEUM in Australia
Do you like tanks? And guns? Then you should check out The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum in Cairns.
KILLER TANKS - THE GRANT M3 TANK
Reports from Europe in 1940 convinced the US that the M2A1 medium tank was obsolete - their answer was the M3, a medium tank with a 75mm weapon. An astonishing frenzy of building that included co-opting the car industry meant that the US were able to produce more than 6,000 M3s in little more than 15 months.
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On board RM 58 as it passed through Red Cliffs
Saturday 11th June to Monday 13th June 2016: Yelta and Murrayville Trip. (Last Broad Gauge Heritage Passenger Train to Murrayville, Mildura and Yelta)
On board RM 58 as it passed through the wine and fruit growing region around Red Cliffs south of Mildura on the way to Yelta. Note the former Red Cliffs Station.
HD Historic Archival Stock Footage WWII - Tanks On Guard In Australia! 1943
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World War II Military Newsreel 1943
Tanks On Guard In Australia!
A regiment of American Lend-Lease tanks in Australia part of a full armored division takes the field. An impressive answer to any threat of Japanese invasion. Ordered to take up positions at strategic points along the Australian mainland the division is prepared constantly for any attack.
Royal Australian dive bombers sweep in amid exploding shells as General MacArthur puts his command through a real battle test. And the heavy American land battleships (M3 Grant Tanks) prove they're as tough as they come.
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01:07:19:19
M3 Grant tanks advance across open area in Australia (tank maneuvers)
01:07:34:02
Tank negotiates (crosses) deep ditch.
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Australian Leopard Tank - Forster, NSW, Australia (HD) 12 min 31sec
(This video is HD and may take a while to upload - Please try our 2min 22sec version for a faster loading video) The delivery and dedication of a decommissioned Australian Leopard Tank at Club Forster, NSW, Australia in January 2011. Visit our website
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War Relics
The Federal Coalition has called for the bombing of Darwin during World War II to be commemorated with a day of national significance.
Tanks of Australia : 1912 to Present
Aussie Tanks and Armored Cars of Australia ( Canberra / Sydney ) :
M1917 Light Car –
LP-1 LP-2 Armored Car -
LP-3 LP-4 Armored Car -
Dingo Armored Car -
Rover 4x4 Light Armoured Car from 1942 -
Rhino 4x4 Heavy Armored Car from 1942 –
S1 Scout Car Light 4x4 Armored Car from 1942 –
Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle MRAP from 1998 -
Hawkei PMV 4x4 Armored Car-Truck from 2010
Tanks & IFV’s :
De Mole Tank Project from 1912 -
AC-1 Sentinel Cruiser Tank from 1941-
Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) -
Tanks and gun for Australian War Memorial DPR/TV/1583
A British tank and an American tank, of types crewed by Australians during WW2 - and an Australian manufactured anti-aircraft gun, will be officially handed to the Australian War Memorial on Saturday (November 10 1973). The American tank, a General Stuart, was found rusting at Buna in Papua New Guinea. The British tank, a Matilda, was retrieved from a firing range at Singleton. The anti-aircraft gun, a 40 millimetre Bofors, was obtained from ordnance stocks. The Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Sir Mervyn Brogan, will officially hand over the presentations to Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Herring, who is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the War Memorial. The Director of Armour, Colonel W. J. Gordon, and Colonel R. J. Gardner, representing the Director of Artillery, from Army Headquarters, will be present, with representatives of armoured and artillery associations. One man present for whom the General Stuart tank will have vivid memories will be Mr Jack Lattimore, who lost a leg when a Japanese gun scored on his tank at Buna. The tank Mr Latimore commanded then has since gone to the United States as an exhibit at the Admiral Nimmitz Centre. Another ex tankie who will be present on Saturday is Mr Norman Bent. The presentation Matilda tank has been named Bull Terrier, after the Matilda commanded by Mr Bent when with the 1st Armoured Regiment (AIF). Mr Don McFarlane, who was Mr Bent's gunner-operator in the original Bull Terrier, will also be present. The Matilda was British designed, and 2,987 were built between 1939 and 1943. Australia acquired 450, which were fought by the 1st Australian Army Tank Battalion, at Sattelberg, in New Guinea; the 2nd/4th Australian Armoured Regiment, at Bougainville and Wewak; the 2nd/9th Australian Armoured Regiment at Tarakan, Brunei Bay and Labuan; and the 1st Armoured Regiment (AIF) at Balikpapan. The General Stuart was designed at the United States Rock Island Arsenal and 13,859 were built between 1941 and 1943. Australia acquired 400, and they saw service in Syria with the 6th and 7th Divisional Cavalry Regiments AIF. In December 1942 Stuarts of the 2nd/6th Armoured Regiment were moved to Buna to support Australian infantry. Although the environment was the complete antithesis to that for which the Stuart had been specifically designed, the Australian crews fought the tanks with skill and courage and prevented many Australian casualties. They established techniques still employed during infantry/armour operations in close country. The Bofors anti-aircraft gun was Swedish designed and almost all combatants in the European theatre used it during WW2. Australian anti-aircraft gunners used British made Bofors in the Western Desert. Manufacture of the guns was commenced in Australia in 1941 at the Government Ordnance Factory at Maribyrnong, Vic, and 290 were produced. The presentation gun was manufactured in 1943, and issued to the 2nd/1st Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, which used it in action in Borneo in 1945.
Army Tank M3 Grant, running, Maleny, Australia
Army Tank M3 Grant, running, Maleny, Australia
WWII Armored Cars: Staghound
This is a short video with some old pictures of the Staghound armored car of WWII.
If you wish to find the song, just type in American WWII Songs in the search box here and it will come up as the third result.