*T* - Sentinel - RAAC Museum, Puckapunyal, Victoria, AU

Vehicle type
Australian Cruiser Tank Mk I "Sentinel".

Current location
Royal Australian Armoured Crops Tank Museum, Puckapunyal, Victoria, Australia.

Condition
Restored to running condition. Incorrect soft edge paint job but correct markings and locations.

History
Designed in Australia at a time when tanks could not be sourced from elsewhere the Australian Cruiser Tanks were ultimately not needed and the programme terminated in 1943. Of the 68 AC tanks on hand at the conclusion of the war in 1945 three vehicles (two AC1 tanks and one AC3) were to be preserved for museums in Britain and Australia. This is one of them AC1 serial number 8030.

Links
<RAAC Tank Museum>
2 external photos.