The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A display board showing a range of explosive devices. Identified from left: A selection of four US smoke and fragmentation grenades; a selection of US 40 mm rounds for use with the M79 and later M203 launchers; three US rifle grenades with two blank launcher rounds and three unidentified devices; a US M16 Anti Personnel mine plus a sectioned example; an unidentified projecting device with projectile, similar to a mortar; a US M26 grenade; a US M18 Claymore directional mine plus sectioned example; a circuit tester and firing switch for a M18 Claymore; blast damaged personal equipment including a plastic water bottle.
A command detonated Chinese Communist (Chicom) Dh10 directional type mine, similar in principal to the US manufactured M18 Claymore mine. The device has been partly sectioned to show the interior whi
A selection of 40 mm grenade rounds which can be fired from the M79 and M203 launchers. Identified from left: flare; two types of high explosive; canister; illumination (white star).
A selection of Chinese Communist (Chicom) Dh10 directional type mines used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. These mines are similar to the US manufactured M18 claymore mines. One of the device
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A SELECTION OF MINES USED BY UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, THE VIET CONG (VC) AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA). LEFT TO RIGHT: VC BANGALORE TORPEDOES; VC 'PIPE' AND 'CAN' DEVICES,
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A SELECTION OF GRENADES USED BY UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, THE VIET CONG (VC) AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA). LEFT TO RIGHT: A UNITED STATES MK2 RIFLE GRENADE; AN UNKNOWN TYP
A Chinese Communist (Chicom) Dh10 directional type mine in situ, as used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam war. These mines are similar in principal to the US manufactured
