AWM 14002 (Australian War Memorial)
An Australian infantryman of the 2/12th Battalion warns the crew of an M3 Stuart light tank of a Japanese bunker to their right during the final assault on Buna, 2 January 1943. The tanks, in this case belonging to the Australian 2/6th Armoured Regiment, gave good support to the attacking infantry during the latter stages of the battle for Buna. The Japanese countered by building tank-traps and using their anti-aircraft guns as makeshift anti-tank guns.