The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
c. August 1942. Anti aircraft gun crews wearing flash protection clothing on the starboard side of HMAS Canberra looking out for high level bombers. In the foreground is an S1 mounting with its twin 4 inch Mk XVI high angle gun. The barrels of the S2 mounting are in the background (left) and a 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun (centre) points skywards. To its left is a Vickers machine gun mounted on a tripod anti-aircraft mounting. Note the splinter protection around the superstructure (top right). (Donor M. Williams)
Anti-aircraft gun crews wearing flash protection clothing on the starboard side of HMAS Canberra looking out for high level bombers. In the foreground is an S1 mounting with its twin 4 inch Mk XVI hig
Tasman Sea. c. 1936. Night firing by a 4 inch Mk IV high angle gun of S2 mounting on the cruiser HMAS Sussex. The gun flash outlines the wing of the ship's Hawker Osprey aircraft on the catapult (top)
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-01. DETAIL VIEW OF THE FORWARD GUNS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE DUTCH DESTROYER PIET HEIN (EX HMS SERAPIS) (G94) ALONGSIDE. THE TWO MAIN ARMAMENT WEAPONS FORWARD ARE 4.7 INCH MARK I
A NAVAL GUNNERY CREW SERVE A 4 INCH HIGH ANGLE/LOW ANGLE GUN ON A HIGH 4 INCH MKV HIGH ANGLE/LOW ANGLE MOUNTING DURING WORLD WAR 2. NOTE THE CREW'S ANTI-FLASH GEAR AND RESPIRATORS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL C
1945. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS KING GEORGE V. HER 14 INCH MAIN ARMAMENT IS CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER WITH ITS TYPE 274 FIRE CONTROL RADAR SITED BEHIND THE BRIDGE. ABOV
AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE STORE SHIP USS CALAMARES. A SINGLE 5 INCH/51 LOW ANGLE GUN IS MOUNTED ON THE STERN. HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF FOUR SINGLE 3 INCH/50 GUNS FITTED IN TUBS FORE
