The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the 170th Independent Mortar Battery Royal Artillery, turn away and block their ears in an attempt to protect themselves from the explosion of a 4.2 inch mortar. A soldier wearing a slouch hat stands in the background with his fingers in his ears trying to block the noise. Mortar bombs and packing tubes lie on the ground near the mortar. Note the military truck parked further back along the road. 4.2 inch mortars can fire high explosive ammunition, as well as white phosphorus projectiles to create smoke screens, and luminescent rounds. This mortar is fitted to a mobile baseplate for towing behind a vehicle. The battery are in support of the 29th British Infantry Brigade.
Members of the 170th Independent Mortar Battery Royal Artillery prepare to turn away and block their ears, as a soldier (left) loads and fires a 4.2 inch mortar. He is standing on metal mortar bomb b
Members of the 170th Independent Mortar Battery Royal Artillery, wearing summer bush hats, turn away and block their ears, in an attempt to protect themselves from the noise of simultaneous explosions
Soldiers turn away and block their ears, in an attempt to protect themselves from the simultaneaous explosions of two 4.2 inch chemical mortars. The soldiers are probably from a New Zealand mortar b
Members of the 170th Independent Mortar Battery Royal Artillery, rest by their 4.2 inch mortar which has been set up on a road beside a field. 4.2 inch mortars can fire high explosive ammunition, as w
Korea, 1950. Three members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), turn away from the noise of a 3-inch mortar as it fires a mortar bomb, probably at a practice range. The soldier
Korea, c. 1950-10. Members of the Mortar Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), shell North Korean positions with their 3-inch mortars. The soldiers firing the mortar are turnin
