The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The largest weapons around the Australian Task Force area at Nui Dat are American 155mm self propelled guns. Six of them which form a battery are part of the task force artillery support and come under direct control of the 1st Field Regiment, RAA. Australian gunners from 103rd Field Battery have been training on the weapons in an interchange of crews with Americans as a Liaison Measure. US Staff Sergeant Bernard Tracy instructed gunners Neville Buzza of Bundaberg, QLD, Wes Holmes of Midland, WA, and Les King of Liverpool, NSW on one of the larger guns. The 155mm SPG can travel over level ground at 35mph and can fire a 95lb shell a maximum of 8 miles. The unit is also armed with .50 calibre machine gun mounted on the turret for close self protection.
Australian troops of 'A' Squadron of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, have just taken delivery of a troop of self-propelled guns from the United States in Vietnam. These weap
The 1st Australian Task Force based at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, has probably the greatest firepower back-up ever known to Australian troops fighting overseas. Besides its own bat
Gunners of 103rd Battery, 1st Field Regiment, RAA, paraded for the last time at Nui Dat to be farewelled and presented with regimental ties by the CO, Lieutenant Colonel D Begg. Meanwhile, troops of
When Viet Cong (VC) are sighted by troops of the 1st Australian Task Force on operations in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, it is massive artillery support which usually levers 'Charlie' from dug-i
Under the watchful eye of Warrant Officer James, RAA, the 105th Field Battery, RAA, prepare guns and 105mm ammunition for a shoot in support of 1st Battalion, RAR aiming posts are assembled and positi
Pushing artillery pieces can be an uphill job, but gunners of 108 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, in Singapore have learnt to take it all in their stride. Since the Battery arrived in Singa
