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NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. SPLENDID SHOOTING BY AN ANTI-TANK UNIT IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. THIS TARGET, SHAPED TO REPRESENT A TANK, WAS TOWED ACROSS ROUGH COUNTRY HUNDREDS OF YARDS IN FRONT OF TWO POUNDER GUNS. THE GUNNERS VERY QUICKLY GOT THE RANGE AND GAVE THEIR MATES PLENTY OF WORK IN PATCHING THE TARGET FOR THE NEXT PRACTICE. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. GUNNERS OF AN ANTI-TANK UNIT IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA SPRING TO ACTION AS A "TANK" COMES INTO RANGE. THE "TANK" WAS A PIECE OF GALVANISED IRON ON TWO TIMBER SUPPORTS AND TOWED IN FRON
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. ANTI-TANK GUNNERS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA FIRING AT MOVING TARGETS DURING A PRACTICE SHOOT. THE ANTI-TANK GUN CAN BE FIRED EITHER FROM A VEHICLE KNOWN AS A PORTEE OR FROM THE GROUND.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1942-10. CLOSE UP OF TARGETS USED BY TROOPS OF THE 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION FOR BREN GUN PRACTICE. THE SOLDIER AT THE LEFT IS MARKING DOWN THE SCORE, WHILE THE OTHER MAN
PAPUA. BUNA. ARTILLERY CLEARS WAY FOR INFANTRY. NINETY FEET ABOVE THE GROUND A FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER AT BUNA WATCHES THE FALL OF SHELLS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN 25 POUNDER BATTERY. HIS POST IS 300 YAR
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. ACE AIRMEN KEEP THEIR EYE IN WITH CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING. WING COMMANDER CLIVE "KILLER" CALDWELL LETS FLY AT THE TARGET.
Bonis Peninsula, Bougainville. June - July 1945. A two pounder anti tank gun, named ?Gilly, of the 31/51st Battalion being towed behind a jeep. The anti tank guns of this battalion found little opport
