The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The personal kit carried by 2792530 Private Anthony Blake, 7RAR mid 1970, operating from the HORSESHOE.
It is a United States 'A' Frame, a Vietnamese Army Pack, which also shows 3 Platoon's Medical Kit, water bottles, smoke grenade, detonation cord.
HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970. PRIVATE ANTHONY 'TONY' BLAKE, 3 PLATOON, 'A' COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), AT THE HORSESHOE FIRE SUPPORT BASE. THE SI
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. UNITED STATES (US) AND VIET CONG (VC)/NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) HAND GRENADES. LEFT TO RIGHT: A UNITED STATES M26 DEFENSIVE HAND GRENADE; A VC PULL FRICTION DELAY FUSE GRENADE;
HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-06. VIEW OF THE HORSESHOE FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB). IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND, AN INTERNATIONAL 6X6 WATER TANKER IS DELIVERING WATER TO THE RED WATER
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A SELECTION OF GRENADES USED BY UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, THE VIET CONG (VC) AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA). LEFT TO RIGHT: A UNITED STATES MK2 RIFLE GRENADE; AN UNKNOWN TYP
The interior of the tent of 52680 Major Owen Maxwell (Max) Carroll, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), showing his personal kit and on the floor his basic equipment packed ready for
An unpacked 'Taipan kit' belonging to a member of the Peace Monitoring Group (PMG). The kit contains a day pack, flak jacket, two water bottles, map, compass, notebook, anti malaria pills, one 24 hour
