What's New at Anzac Steel
Check this page regularly for the latest additions to Anzac Steel.
25 April, 2012 - Anzac Day
Paul Handel brings us a new reference article, "M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle". Ten images are included. |
25 April, 2011 - Anzac Day
Paul Handel brings us a new reference article, "The Humber 1 ton CT Truck in Australian Service". Seven images are included. |
25 April, 2010 - Anzac Day
Paul Handel brings us a new reference article, "A Centurion Returns to Puckapunyal". Seven images are included. |
25 April, 2009 - Anzac Day
Paul Handel takes us to the 29th and 30th Annual Corowa Military Vehicle Rally, with 25 images of the large number of vehicles on show. |
25 April, 2008 - Anzac Day
We are saddened to report the passing of Laurie Wright, a pioneer in the field of military vehicle research, and Mick Bell, another military research stalwart and modeller. Paul Handel has written a brief tribute to Laurie and Mick. |
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With Anzac Day 2008 upon us, and with two excellent new Staghound kits in 1/35 scale, Paul Handel's timing is perfect for his new article on the Staghound Armoured Car in Australian Service. |
25 April, 2007 - Anzac Day
Paul Handel describes the Australian M1A1 Abrams Tank in a new article with 12 images, including photos of the transporter and the Hercules recovery vehicle, |
26 January, 2007 - Australia Day
Paul Handel makes a welcome addition to the Armoured Vehicles section with his latest article, Shermans Down Under. Paul's article outlines the history of the three Shermans received by Australia, along with a description of trials in New Guinea. |
25 April, 2005 - Anzac Day
Paul Handel's latest article outlines
Sheridan Tropical Trials in
Australia, including ten images of the tank and the trials. |
19 February, 2005
Paul Handel presents a new article on a little-known aspect of Australian Military history - The Marmon Herrington Tank in Australia |
27 April, 2004
The AS90 155mm Self-Propelled Gun is described by Paul Handel, including 15 images. |
25 April, 2004 - Anzac Day
Paul Handel presents a new article to Anzac Steel, "Australian Armour in Japan 1946 - 1950". Paul's text is supported by ten captioned historical photographs of Aussie Staghounds and Carriers. |
19 June, 2003
Paul Handel reports on the Military Heritage Day 2003 held last month at Moorebank in NSW, Australia. Paul includes images of some of the vehicles and other historical pieces present. |
6 May, 2003
The Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank is described by Paul Handel. This new Reference Article is illustrated with 12 images. |
Anzac Day - 25 April, 2003
Paul Handel presents Australian Armour in the Middle East 1940-1942, describing the equipment used by Australian units during this WWII campaign. |
15 March, 2003
Swedes at the RAAC Tank Museum documents the arrival and permanent display of a Swedish Strv103C Main Battle Tank (S-Tank) and an Ikv 91 Tank Destroyer at the RAAC Tank Museum, Pukapunyal. Ten images of these vehicles are supplemented by Paul Handel's text |
Australia Day - 26 January, 2003
Paul Handel presents ten images of a Matilda tank in action last year at Tank Fest in Britain. |
17 January, 2003
Lawrie Wright returns with Part Two in his series of Australian Vehicle Camouflage of WWII, focusing on camouflage on the home front in Australia. Eleven images support the text, including a great shot of a camouflaged double-decker bus! |
6 October, 2002
Part Four of Landrover in Australian Army Service focuses on Series 2A 109 inch Wheelbase Models. Paul Handel's latest Reference Article includes 23 images. |
21 September, 2002
Mick Bell presents his remarkable Australian Morris 2 Pdr Portee truck in 1/76 scale in a new Military Model Construction Feature tonight. This modelling article includes eleven images of this tiny but terrific model. Mick's model ties in with Paul Handel's research article on Australian Armour in Cyprus from last year. |
26 June, 2002
Paul Handel's latest Reference Feature is "ANZAC ARV", the story of one particular Centurion ARV Mk. I in British, New Zealand and Australian service. |
10 June, 2002
Paul Handel presents 12 images of a Long Range Desert Group Chevrolet taken at Beltring in 2000. This should be useful for modellers building Tamiya's 1/35 scale kit. |
25 April, 2002
Cromwell Down Under chronicles the history of Australia's sole Cromwell tank. Paul Handel provides the text and five photos. |
30 March, 2002
Paul Handel presents his historical account of M3 Stuart Light Tanks in Action in New Guinea December 1942 to January 1943. Paul's article includes nine crisp, detailed images of the Stuarts involved. | |
Part Three of Paul Handel's series on Australian Army Landrovers focuses on Landrover Series 2A with the 88 Inch Wheelbase. 19 fascinating images accompany Paul's informative text. |
12 January, 2002
Paul Handel continues his series on Landrover in Australian Service with Part Two - Long Wheelbase Models. Paul's new article includes 13 images |
9 December, 2001
"Crusader Down Under", by Paul Handel, outlines the background and history of this tank in Australia during WWII and its post-war fate. Paul's article includes six images. |
17 November, 2001
Paul Handel presents a new article, "Australian Shermans", describing the small quantity of M4 Shermans brought to Australia and tested during WWII. Nine images of M4, M4A2 and M4 Composite Shermans are included. |
3 November, 2001
Laurie Wright presents a personal perspective of Australian Army Vehicles and Camouflage of WWII in a new Reference Feature tonight. Laurie's article is written with the benefit of first-hand observation of these vehicles in Sydney during WWII. Ten images support Laurie's text, including two rare wartime colour pictures. |
23 October, 2001
Paul Handel brings us Part Four of his series on the AS1 Leopard in Australian Service with a new article on colours, markings and oddities. Seventeen images are included. Some great colour schemes here! |
9 October, 2001
Anzac Steel presents its first "softskin" feature tonight - Paul Handel's Landrover in Australian Service Part One - Early Trials and Series 2 88 inch Wheelbase Models. Paul's new article includes 14 images |
25 September, 2001
Mick Toal joins Anzac Steel with two new Australian models. The first is Italeri's 1/35 scale M13/40 in Australian service. Three images are included of this famous vehicle. | |
Mick also presents a picture of his M3 Stuart in a diorama setting. Mick includes a description of his construction job. |
3 August, 2001
Paul Handel introduces and describes eleven photos of the 8th Canadian Hussars' 133rd Anniversary Parade in a new Armoured Vehicles Feature tonight. |
4 June, 2001
Paul Handel presents Part Three of his series on the Leopard , tonight focusing on the Bridgelayer and Recovery Vehicle variants of the Leopard AS1. More than twenty captioned reference photos support Paul's descriptive text. |
Anzac Day - 25 April, 2001
Paul Handel presents Part Two of his series on the Leopard AS1 Main Battle Tank. Part Two covers MBT variants including driver training vehicles, dozers and mine clearing Leopards. 30 images are included in this bumper reference feature. |
24 April, 2001
After a long absence, I am pleased to resurrect Anzac Steel. You will note that now the site has a new address - www.anzacsteel.com . To celebrate Anzac Steel's return, and to commemorate Anzac Day tomorrow, we have a terrific new article by Paul Handel:
Australian Armour on Cyprus details a significant but oft-ignored chapter of Australian World War Two military history. Paul's article includes historical and logistical details as well as five photographs. |
14 September, 2000
Centurion Main Battle Tank - Farewell to the Centurion, by Paul Handel, focuses on the final parade of the Centurion in Australian service. Paul's article includes notes on colours and markings with 25 photos to support the text. |
13 August, 2000
Paul Handel starts a new series on Australia's current Main Battle Tank:
Leopard AS1 Main Battle Tank is Paul Handel's first part in a series on Australia's tank that it brought into the 21st century. Part One focuses on trials, service entry, technical data and camouflage/markings. Around thirty captioned photographs support this important piece. |
11 August, 2000
A different perspective on Australian vehicles tonight by Shane Abdoo
Operation Tamar 1994 is a pictorial record of Australian vehicles in Rwanda during deployment with the United Nations. Images of Australian crews operating M578 Recovery Vehicles. This Photo Feature includes 12 captioned images. |
23 July, 2000
Shane Abdoo presents two of his very attractive carriers tonight. Both are finished using his photo-etched "Aus Stencil" set.
Shane's 1/35 scale M125A-1 Australian Mortar Carrier is substantially modified from Tamiya's basic carrier. This entry is presented in 15 images and a short description | |
The Aussie M113A-1 Carrier is based on Tamiya's 1/35 scale kit, and is supported by 12 images. |
27 June, 2000
I incorrectly attributed four photograph's in Paul Handel's ASLAV Part Two article. These photos should have been credited to Shane Abdoo, as was indicated in the text. This has now been corrected
25 June, 2000
Paul Handel's continues his ASLAV series
Part Two of Paul Handel's ASLAV series focuses on the variants in service with, and under consideration by, the Australian Army. |
15 June, 2000
A follow-up to Paul Handel's earlier Grant feature tonight
Part Two of "The US M3 Medium Series in Australia" focuses on the major variants of the M3 produced by Australia. These include ARV, BARV, Dozer and Yeramba SP Gun. As usual, Paul's detailed article is accompanied by many fascinating pictures. |
20 May, 2000
A new Feature from Paul Handel tonight:
Cambrai
Day Parade - Queen Alexandra's Squadron |
29 April, 2000
A new model entry tonight
Frederico Kereki presents his Centurion in Korean War markings. |
27 April, 2000
I have added a few Australian and Commonwealth related items to the Anzac Steel indexes tonight. These items have previously been posted to HyperScale:
Dale Smith's M113 FSV model in 1/35 scale | |
Peter Hartup's Crusader AA Turret at Saumur |
25 April, 2000
Welcome to the first day of "Anzac Steel". This site will contain reference photographs and articles about Australian and New Zealand military vehicles; plus some material covering other British and Commonwealth armour. Two new articles on Australian vehicles for the launch:
Paul D. Handel brings us Part One of "The US M3 Medium Series in Australia". Paul describes the M3 Grant and Lee models delivered to Australia, and captions 13 historical photographs that well illustrate colour schemes, markings and variants. | |
Paul's second Reference Feature presents "ASLAV - The Australian Light Armoured Vehicle Programme". This article includes vehicle specifications and over twenty photographs. Don't miss the excellent detail shots in the captioned thumbnails! | |
A number of related Anzac and Commonwealth model articles and reviews have been linked from HyperScale. Check out the indexes in the left frames to explore the early content on the site. |