The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A captured heavy artillery piece on a flat car in Alexadria Railway Yard. On the right is an Allied Grant tank. On the left is a German 170mm K18 Mortar Carriage cannon, which were introduced in service in 1941. It could fire 1 - 2 rounds per minute (40 per hour) and was designed so that, in action, the gun could be easily rotated through 360 degrees by one man. When captured, these guns were often used by Allied artillery troops in Europe.
A captured heavy artillery piece on a flat car in Alexandria Railway Yard. On the left is a German 170mm K18 Mortar Carriage cannon, which could fire 1 - 2 rounds per minute (40 per hour). This gun wa
Model 1916 trench mortar mounted on a turntable that is attached to a metal baseplate. The mortar can rotated through 360 degrees. The barrel is rifled and is fitted with hydraulic recoil recuperator
Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. A railway carriage known as a salt wagon. Approximately 40 men were packed into each carriage during travel, without ventilation. The average speed of the trains was only
Light field artillery piece, on a steel box carriage, with horizontal sliding breech. The gun has a flat splinter-proof shield. The gun's recoil system is hyro-spring operated, with the mechanism mo
Light anti tank gun, with horizontal sliding breech block, and with folding split trail. The trail is split into two legs, each of two parts. The front part which is secured to the carriage, is hinged
An 81mm mortar positioned in a weapon pit that has been lined with corrugated iron and topped with sandbags at the A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), forward base at Stass
