The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A NOVEL GUN MOUNTING DEVISED BY THE ARTIFICER OF AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN BATTERY. FOUR LEWIS MK 1 MACHINE GUNS ARE FIXED TO THE MOUNT AT AN ANGLE THAT WILL ESTABLISH A CONCENTRATION OF FIRE AT AN PREDETERMINED POINT. ALL FOUR GUNS ARE FIRED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM A MASTER TRIGGER.
Australian East Coast. August 1942. Modern anti-aircraft equipment has been established at strategic points to protect vital industrial areas and war bases on the east coast. A novel gun mounting devi
DARWIN, NT. 1943-06-23. USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVY FIXED GUNS OF THE EAST POINT COAST ARTILLERY FIXED DEFENCES ARE THESE 18-POUNDERS (LUDO BATTERY). PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS GUN BEING STRIPPED FOR ACT
DARWIN, NT. 1943-06-23. USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVY FIXED GUNS OF THE EAST POINT COAST ARTILLERY FIXED DEFENCES ARE THESE 18-POUNDERS (LUDO BATTERY). PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS GUN BEING STRIPPED FOR ACT
Probably LEIGHTERTON, ENGLAND. C. 1918. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (PROBABLY NO. 8 TRAINING SQUADRON) TRAINING WITH MACHINE GUNS. THE GUNS ARE A LEWIS MK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN MOUNTED ON A V
A two-barrel smokeshell discharger which was fixed to each side of the turret of an Infantry Tank Mark II Matilda II of the 2nd Army Tank Battalion. The firing mechanism is that of a .303 Lee Enfield
C.1948. PRACTICE FIRING OF THE FORWARD 4.7 INCH GUNS ABOARD THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN, SEEN FROM THE HIGH ANGLE DIRECTOR.THE LEFT HAND GUN OF B MOUNTING HAS JUST FIRED AND THE HOT GASSES ARE BEING EXP
