The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Khe Gio Bridge, South Vietnam. October 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Barry Long, 35, of Balga, WA, seated in the firing seat fires a 40mm shell towards enemy territory in South Vietnam. WO2 Long is an infantry advisor with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and is presently based at Khe Gio Bridge in the far North of South Vietnam. The base is protected by a team of "dusters", armoured, tracked vehicles, armed with twin 40mm Bofors guns.
It's the world's biggest 'rifle', and that's an Australian giving instructions on how to strip the weapon. The 'rifle' is a 106mm recoiless rifle. The instructor, Warrant Officer Barry Long, 35, from
South Vietnam. October 1970. Outward bound for combat operations in northern South Vietnam is an Australian advisor and his Vietnamese counterparts. The advisor is Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Frank
Mekong Delta, South Vietnam. December 1970. Picking his way gingerly across a slight bamboo bridge is Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Peter Conway of Stafford, Qld, with the Australian Army Training Tea
South Vietnam. September 1970. A dustoff (medical evacuation) helicopter waits to take Warrant officer Class 2 (WO2) Dave Powell, 40, of Holland Park, Qld, aboard, after he was wounded by a mortar fra
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. September 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Dave Powell, 40, of Holland Park, Qld (right), makes a radio check just before his unit made a combat assault into enem
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. September 1970. Portrait of Warrant Officer Class 2 Rex Taylor of Windsor Gardens, SA, a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and advisor with
