The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LONG TAN, VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. TROOPS IN A CLEARING IN THE RUBBER PLANTATION EXAMINE SOME OF THE VIET CONG WEAPONS CAPTURED BY D COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), AFTER THE LONG TAN BATTLE. THE WEAPONS INCLUDED ROCKET LAUNCHERS, HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, RECOILLESS RIFLES, AND SCORES OF RIFLES AND CARBINES. LEFT TO RIGHT: 2781706 PRIVATE (PTE) A. L. PARR (WITH BACK TO CAMERA); CORPORAL (CPL) ROSS (BLACKMAC) MCDONALD; PTE (STING) HORNET; PTE PETER DOYLE (WITH WEAPON); PTE (POM) RENCHER; CPL (BLUEY) MOORE.
Vietnam. 19 August 1966. A haul of enemy weapons found on the battlefield by Delta Company, the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), when the company returned to the scene of its heroi
Captured enemy weapons, including AK47 assault rifles and a PPSh-41 submachine gun recovered from the Long Tan battle site by D (Delta) Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) when th
Vietnam. 1966-08-19. Left to right, Sergeant Jack Thompson, Mortar Fire Controller of D Company, the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), and Captain (Capt) Ian McLean-Williams, Second
Vietnam. 19 August 1966. The morning after the Battle of Long Tan and Corporal (Cpl) Ross McDonald of Redcliffe, Qld (left) and Cpl Laurie Drinkwater of Bankstown, NSW, take time out to eat some ratio
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1966-10. Loading a captured communist Chicom 57mm recoilless rifle during an evaluation test are Private Ian Dixon of Narrandera, NSW (left), and Lance Corporal Phil Dixon
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1966-10. Firing a captured communist Chicom 57mm recoilless rifle during an evaluation test are Lance Corporal Phil Dixon of Mt Gravatt, Brisbane, Qld (left), and Private
