The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
IMMOBILISED. THE EIGHTH ARMY SPIKED ROMMEL'S GUNS IN LIBYA. HERE ARE SOME OF THEM AWAITING SALVAGE WITH OTHER CAPTURED EQUIPMENT.
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. HOWITZER AND TANK. GERMANS MOUNTED THIS 150MM. HOWITZER ON A TANK, BUT THE EIGHTH ARMY KNOCKED IT OUT WITH SCORES OF OTHERS. THE LIBYAN DESERT IS LITTERED WITH PILES OF DERELICT
MUNITIONS FROM HITLER. THESE HEAVY GERMAN 5.9 - INCH GUNS WILL FIGHT ON OUR SIDE NOW. THEY ARE PART OF THE BOOTY CAPTURED BY THE EIGHTH ARMY IN LIBYA.
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. TWENTY-FIVE TROOPS WITH ALL EQUIPMENT COULD TRAVEL IN THIS GERMAN BATTLE BUGGY. IT IS CAPABLE OF CROSSING ANY TYPE OF COUNTRY, AND CAN ALSO BE USED FOR TOWING. AN EFFICIENT UNIT
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1941-04-17. STUDY OF SOME OF THE GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED IN THE DESERT AWAITING TRANSPORT TO TAKE THEM TO A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP.
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. AN ITALIAN 90/53 90MM GUN ON A TRUCK MOUNTING JOINING THE ROWS OF DERELICT AXIS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT JETTISONED BY ROMMEL'S ARMY.
LEFT BEHIND. THIS COLLECTION OF ANTI-TANK GUNS WAS MADE AT DABA. WHEN ROMMEL 'PACKED UP' HE DIDN'T HAVE ROOM FOR THEM, AND NOW THEY'RE ADDED TO THE EIGHTH ARMY'S BAG OF CAPTURED EQUIPMENT.
