The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Botany Bay, NSW. 1942. Members of "Henry Head" Battery with an 18 pounder Mk II field gun at full recoil during practice at North Head. The yoke from an anti tank platform connected to a pin which is embedded in a rock, and the concrete platform under the wheels. Note the rough construction of the emplacement before concrete side, rear and overhead protection was provided. (Donor J. Whitelaw)
The Bofors Mk 12/1 is a later conversion of the Bofors Mk 1 anti aircraft gun carried out by the Bristol Aircraft Company. The cradle consists of a gun mount with all-round traverse and elevation bein
Wood, brass, copper and leather model of an artillery limber with offset shafts, mounted on a wooden plinth. The shafts, wheels and most of the carriage body is made from oak. A pair of brass-banded w
Krupp 8 cm Kraftwagen Flak anti-aircraft gun. The equipment consists of three main elements: the gun; the gun's firing table and ground supports; and the transportation carriage. Gun: The gun is st
This gun is an Australian manufactured quick firing 2 pounder anti tank gun mounted on a Mark II carriage. The gun barrel is of monobloc design and features a percussion fired, semi-automatic vertical
Mobile Sniper Post. Rivetted box shape construction with an angular front having two rifle slots that can be closed with swinging covers and has four eye slits. It is moved on two steel disc wheels th
Antitank gun featuring the Gerlich tapered bore barrel. The barrel is of monobloc construction with interrupted flanges at the breech end to receive the breech ring which is locked in position by a s