The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"Sapper (SPR) Baynes with a zero-metal content anti-personnel land mine. We called these AFPAKS (I guess for Afghanistan Pakistan) I believe they were made in Pakistan. I am unsure of the actual current name or designation. It is all plastic and explosive with a chemical sensitive detonator. Image taken in Khas Uruzgan or Zafar."
Image relating to the service of SPR Christopher ‘Chris’ Baynes, during his deployment to Afghanistan in 2012 as part of Operation Slipper. Chris was a combat engineer with Mentoring Task Force 5 (MTF-5). He trained in South Australia as an engineer in Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection.
"A compound search. Sapper (SPR) C Baynes mentoring /assisting Afghan National Army (ANA) on a partnered patrol through a village. Searches were conducted on people and the compounds. Image taken in K
"AFPAK (is what we called it, official name unknown) plastic landmine. Zero metal content." Image relating to the service of Sapper (SPR) Christopher ‘Chris’ Baynes, during his deployment to Afghani
"Sapper (SPR) C Baynes resting during a foot patrol in the area." Image taken near Zafar. Image relating to the service of Sapper (SPR) Christopher ‘Chris’ Baynes, during his deployment to Afghanista
"Sapper (SPR) C Baynes resting during a foot patrol in the area." Image taken near Zafar. Image relating to the service of SPR Christopher ‘Chris’ Baynes, during his deployment to Afghanistan in 2012
"Afghan National Army (ANA) getting a lesson from Australian Explosive Ordinance (EOD) technicians on dealing with or blasting in place (BIPing) Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's). The yellow contai
"Me [Sapper Chris Baynes] resting after a long hot patrol to the Afghan outpost." Image taken at an Afghan National Army (ANA) outpost near Patrol Base (PB) Anaconda in Khaz Uruzgan. Image relating t