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maintenance 230, 230

manufacturers and designers 268

Ansaldo 130

Bradford and Kendall 114

Coote & Jorgensen, Sydney 98

McKay Massey-Harris, Melbourne 98

Marmon-Herrington Company of Indiana 273

Metropolitan Gas Company of Fitzroy, Victoria 71

Military Design Section (AFV) 112

Rock Island Arsenal 270

Sonnerdales, Sydney 98

Victorian Railway Workshops 70

Manus 210

Marmon-Herrington tanks 175, 177–8, 273–4

CTLS-4TA (Two-man Tank) 143, 177 , 273

light combat tank 273, 274

Mark III 273

McBride, Senator 99

MacArthur, General 146, 147–8, 150, 183, 183 , 197, 210, 231, 255, 257, 278

Macarthur-Onslow, Major Denzil 130, 188

Mackay, Lieutenant General Iven 54, 65, 93–4, 93 , 158, 161, 219 , 266

McKay Massey-Harris, Melbourne 98

MacLagan, General 44

McLay, Senator George 65

Malay Barrier 10 , 64, 135, 153, 172, 175, 178, 197, 202, 250–1, 259

Malaya 113, 113 , 134, 151

Manchuria 30, 31

Mark I 40, 41, 249, 276

Mark II (Matilda) see Matilda tanks

Mark IV 42, 272

Mark V 17, 21, 42, 44, 45 , 50, 54, 56

Mark VI light tanks 76, 274

Mark VIII 21

Mark IX 21

Marper, Captain 48

Martel, Giffard 28

Matilda tanks 41, 109, 140, 161, 175–7, 176 , 207, 214 , 215 , 217 , 224 , 228, 230 , 232 , 234 , 237 , 238 , 241 , 249, 260, 267, 272–3, 274

Mechanised and Armoured Formations (‘Purple Primer’) 24–6

medical services 231

medium tanks 78

M2 A1 271

M3 (General Grant) 95, 97, 97 , 106, 112, 120 , 140, 143, 146, 160, 169, 175, 177, 179–80, 188, 196 , 198 , 207, 271–2, 277

M3 (General Lee) 97 , 179–80, 271–2

Medium C 21

Medium D 21

Menzies, Prime Minister Robert 61–2, 65 , 69, 72, 76, 84, 87, 91, 116, 127, 142 , 277

Metropolitan Gas Company of Fitzroy, Victoria 71

Middle East 151, 154, 155, 157, 161

Midway, Battle of 136 , 137

Milford, General 99

Milne, Sir George ‘Uncle George’ 14, 22–3, 25 , 26

Milne Bay 211 , 212, 226, 247

Milner, Colonel 98–102, 106

mines 218, 224, 226–8, 227

Modern Formations 26

Monash, Lieutenant General Sir John 14, 17, 38, 43, 43 , 44–5, 46–7, 49, 248, 266

Money, Lieutenant 41

Montgomery, Field Marshal ‘Monty’ 34–5, 78, 272

Montgomery-Massingberd, Sir Archibald ‘MM’ 26, 27–8

Morobe 212, 213

Morris, General 136

mortar tanks (Hedgehog) 189

motorcycles 124

Moulders Union 106

Moulds, Major H.L. 120

Murdoch, Captain I.T. 120

Mustang fighter 175

N

National Register 87–8

national security 12, 21, 64, 78, 104

Nazi see also Germany/German Army 62

New Britain 77, 231, 232

New Ireland 77

New Zealand 12, 94

Normandy 34, 35

North Africa 33, 34, 77, 109, 130, 137, 174, 246, 247, 258, 266, 270

Northcott, Major-General 83, 84, 85, 99, 103, 111, 112, 119, 126

Norway 66, 69

O

O’Connor, Lieutenant General Richard 33, 130

Odlum, Major General V. 142

Operation Barbarossa 90

Operation Oboe 240–2

Orpen, Sir William 41

P

Page, Sir Earle 140–1

Palestine 13, 22, 130, 131, 132, 168

Papua New Guinea (PNG) 12, 77, 135–6, 137, 152, 153, 167, 169–72, 171 , 174, 187–90, 209–10, 231, 245, 246 , 252, 273

Pearl Harbour, bombing of 64, 90 , 91, 91 , 117, 134, 152

Perkins, Major R.A. 85, 120, 121, 123

Philippines 206, 210, 232

Pino Ridge 216

Poland 31, 60, 62, 72, 249–50, 255–6

Pope, Brigadier Vyvyan 31–2, 32 , 68, 265

Prague, occupation of 60

Pratt, Major General Douglas 271

Pratt & Whitney engines 256

Puckapunyal 120 , 121, 124, 126, 159

Purple Primer 24–6

Q

Queen Mary 49

R

RAAF Lockheed Hudson 80

Rabaul 134, 135, 152, 153, 210

reconnaissance, importance of 221

Roberts, Major General Pip 35, 272

Robertson, General Horace (Red Robbie) 93 , 159 , 160

Rommel, General 33, 137, 177, 273

Roosevelt, President 210

Royal Tank Corps (RTC) 22, 23, 38, 42, 56–7, 58, 77, 265

Australian infantry, joint training with 46–7

8th Battalion 44, 47

11 Company of D Battalion 40

flag of 44

J Battalion 17

2nd Battalion 44

7th Royal Tank Regiment 54

13th Battalion 44

Russia 28, 30, 66, 90, 91, 137, 140, 273

Rycroft, Major 18

Ruwolt, Chas 98

S

St Julien 18

Salisbury Plain 25 , 27

Salonika 22

Sanananda Track 168–72, 174, 178, 187, 197, 207, 245, 247

Sattelberg 214–16, 260

Scott-Stevenson, Lieutenant 222

SCR 536 walkie-talkie 222 , 223

Sentinel see Australian cruiser (AC) series

Shedden, Cabinet Secretary Frederick 65

Sherman (M4) tank 144, 145 , 180, 182, 183–4, 272

Sicily 34

Sidi Barrani 130

Singapore 12, 134

Slave Battery Carrier (SBC) 229, 229

Solomon Islands 77, 135, 136, 231, 239 , 252

Somme 51

Sonnerdales, Sydney 98

South Africa 12, 13, 94

Spanish Civil War 30

Spender, Percy 85, 92, 99, 103, 123, 138 , 138, 141, 144, 179, 200–1, 277

Squires, Lieutenant General E.K. 66, 68, 184, 255–6, 275

SS Neptuna 135

SS Zealandia 135

Street, Geoffrey 65, 65 , 72, 76, 80–1, 80 , 85–6, 117–18, 185, 249–50, 276

Stuka 14

Sturdee, Lieutenant General V.A.H. 76, 83, 83 , 84, 118, 150, 158, 231

Sudan Contingent 13, 13

Sweden 66

Syria 131 , 132, 166, 167 , 168, 246, 258

T

Tank Corps see Australian Tank Corps; Royal

Tank Corps

tank doctrine 14–15, 18–20, 20–9, 30–6, 77

‘A Mobile Army’ 20

Army Training Instruction No. 3, ‘Handling of an Armoured Division’ 33

1916–1919 18–20

1919–1939 20–9

1939, after 30–6

‘Plan 1919’ 20

preliminary bombardment 19–20

tank-dozers 189, 225, 240

tanks

analysis of utility in battle 172

armament 20, 81–2

assault see assault tanks

armoured formations 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 93, 244–53

Australian production of see Australian tank production

battle 143

breakdowns 15–16

casualty rate 18, 215, 247

conditions inside 16, 57

crew 56–7

cruisers see cruiser tanks

distrust of 41–2, 45–6, 51, 248, 265

heavy see heavy tanks

importation and supply 137–51, 270–4

infantry see infantry tanks

inventory 117, 143, 270–4

light see light tanks

maintenance 230, 230

medium see medium tanks

mobility 14

petrol supply 16

range of action 20

role of 13–14, 21, 35–6, 77–8, 124

speed 20, 82, 172

supply tanks 49, 49

suspension system 28

tactics, testing of 30

training manual 19

types 28, 78

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