The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Captured Communist Chinese AK47 automatic assault rifles and other equipment, which are spread out on a tarpaulin, are inspected by Private Kevin Hare of Puckapunyal, Vic, at the 1st Australian Task Force's (1ATF) tactical headquarters before being taken to Nui Dat. The rifles and Viet Cong equipment were captured by 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), during Operation Coburg, twenty miles north-east of Saigon in Bien Hoa Province. Note the sandbagged areas in the background.
Two members of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), examining the fold-out bayonet fitted to a Chinese made copy of the AK47 automatic assault rifle captured during the successful ambu
Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), examining the fold-up bayonet fitted to a Russian-made AK50 automatic assault rifle captured during the successful ambush of a track du
Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), make a tally of captured Viet Cong equipment following the successful ambush of a track during Operation Coburg. The battalion was oper
Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), prepare to make a tally of captured Viet Cong equipment following the successful ambush of a jungle track during Operation Coburg. The
Sergeant Bob Lewis of Seymour, Vic, a member of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), checks the fold-up bayonet fitted to a Russian-made AK50 automatic assault rifle captured during th
BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-02. PRIVATE JOHN HINGST OF TOWNSVILLE, QLD, APPLIES GREASE PAINT TO HIS FACE TO HELP CAMOUFLAGE HIM FROM THE VIET CONG DURING A RECONNAISSANCE PATROL WHILE ON OP
