The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of four Australian soldiers, all members of 5 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), test firing weapons into the South China Sea at 'Back Beach', located in the vicinity of the 1st Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG). The soldier in the foreground is aiming a M-60 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun (GPMG) while two others behind him handle a similar weapon. In the background, a fourth soldier aims a L1A1 7.62 mm self-loading rifle (SLR). This preliminary routine was done before patrols and road convey escorts.
An unidentified member of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), standing in a sand bagged bunker at Fire Support Base Pat. He is aiming an M72, 66 mm rocket launcher at an unidentified
Troop Commander 342755 Captain (Capt) Graham James Moon and other members of 1 Troop, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) on operations in Phuoc Tuy Province. Capt Moon is armed with
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1966. TEST FIRING AT AP AN PHU BY 8 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR) OF A 7.62 M60 GPMG (GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINE GUN) PRIOR TO OPERATIONS
29363 Corporal Bernard William (Bernie) Binge, 581 Signals Troop, sitting on a bench in front of a sandbagged defensive position sighted to guard the front entrance to 1 Australian Logistics Support G
A variety of Australian weapons, including 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine guns (GPMG), 7.62 mm L1A1 self-loading rifles, 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifles and hand grenades all used during the Battl
A group of unidentified Australian infantry from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) waiting in a United States Army UH-1D or UH-1H Iroquois helicopter, prior to lift off for Operation
