FROM 6TTU TO VIETNAM - APC TRIALS

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟔𝐓𝐓𝐔 𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 - 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐏𝐂 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚. In 1964, Australia conducted a testing program at Innisfail, Queensland for a range of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC), other support vehicles and weaponry, for jungle warfare suitability - the 6 Tropical Trials Unit. The trials saw the introduction of the M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier into the Australian Army. This vehicle was used extensively in the Vietnam War and subsequent variants saw over 60 years of operational service.

Documenting the untold story of test and development of Australia’s Armoured Personnel Carrier, the M113A1 APC and the men who trialled a range of APCs, 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟔𝐓𝐓𝐔 𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 - 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐏𝐂 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 encompasses both a 42 minute photo film comprised of interviews and archival photographs taken of the Tropical Trials and an eight-part radio series. View the film trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJ97wmWed4

Screenings are being planned to commence from late 2022 in Adelaide, Innisfail, Melbourne, and Puckapunyal. If you'd like to host a screening in your RSL or community centre please contact filmmaker Ash Starkey ash@starkey.net.au

Listen to the eight-part radio series, by producer Helen Meyer, at Service Voices - Radio Adelaide. Part 1 https://radioadelaide.org.au/.../1-from-6ttu-to-vietnam.../

This documentary film and the radio series was produced with the support of a Department of Veterans’ Affairs - Saluting Their Service Major Commemorative Grant.