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LUSCOMBE AIRFIELD, VIETNAM. 1968-01-23. SOLDIERS FROM FIRE ASSAULT PLATOON SUPPORT COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), MOVING ALONG LUSCOMBE AIRSTRIP PRIOR TO TRANSFER BY HELICOPTER AT THE START OF OPERATION COBURG. LEFT TO RIGHT: 38965 CORPORAL BILL FOGARTY WITH SELF LOADING RIFLE, M79 40MM GRENADE LAUNCHER AND THE CYLINDER ON HIS PACK WHICH IS A SPLINTREX ROUND FOR THE 90MM RECIOLLESS RIFLE (RCL), PRIVATE ROSS HOLLINGS WITH THE M67 90MM RECOILLESS RIFLE (RCL), A SELF LOADING RIFLE AND ONE SPLINTREX ROUND UNDER HIS PACK, PRIVATE STEPHEN CRAIG, LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT HITE AND CORPORAL KEVIN HAWKINS.
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM, 1968-03. AN M67 90MM RECOILLESS RIFLE (RCL) ANTI-TANK WEAPON BEING USED DURING A TRIAL TO DETERMINE SPREAD OF FLECHETTE ANTI-PERSONNEL ROUNDS. THIS WEAPON WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
At 1RAR's camp at Bien Hoa Air Base, an unidentified member of the battalion holds an M79 40mm Grenade Launcher while another soldier loads a round into the weapon.
Privates (Pte) 'Blue' Wilson (left) and 61803 Ronald James 'Ron' O'Toole (right) from the Anti-Tank Platoon, 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), wait to be extracted after the completion o
M203 Grenade Launcher. Marked on the left side LAUNCHER GRENADE M203 40MM and the serial number. It is a light-weight, single-shot, breech loading (sliding barrel) shoulder fired grenade launcher that
An unidentified member of 1RAR practises aiming and firing an M79 40mm Grenade Launcher while lying on the ground at the battalion's camp at Bien Hoa Air Base. A round for the weapon is lying next to
Palmerston, NT. 20 September 1999. Informal group portrait of members of A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) at Robertson Barracks, prior to their departure to join the Inte
