The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 of two 4.2 inch mortars. One soldier (front, left) is standing with one foot on metal boxes to give him greater height at the mortar. Two other soldiers are watching from the tailgate of a military truck parked at the near a hill. 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. Note the packing tubes and carrying cases for the mortar bombs on the ground around the mortar. 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, 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
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
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
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
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 are turning away and blockin
