The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A company in defence has the edge on attacking infantrymen if the field of fire is clear and a daylight assault has to be countered. This Vickers machine gun team, situated in a well dug in fox hole, are members of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). They are demonstrating the efficacy of their weapon against a frontal counter attack by an opposing company. The gunner is an Aboriginal member of the Battalion. Note the ammunition belt at the right of the machine gun.
A company in defence has the edge on attacking infantrymen if the field of fire is clear and a daylight assault has to be countered. This Vickers machine gun team, situated in a well dug in fox hole,
Haramura, Japan. 1950. An unidentified Vickers machine gun team, situated in a well dug in a fox hole, are members of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). They are demonstrating the e
Troops of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan, trained intensively for combat at weekend field exercises at Haramura. Includ
Three unidentified members of a machine gun platoon of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are setting up their .303 Vickers medium machine gun on a grassy hill. The soldier at t
Two unidentified soldiers testing a Vickers-Maxim machine gun with the gun belt loaded. A trooper and his horse are in the left background.
Haramura, Japan. C.1949. Two soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), operate a Vickers Gun, demonstrating the firepower of the Light Machine Gun.
