The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An example of a recovered shaped charge mine that had been placed by Viet Cong fighters and excavated by Sappers from the Royal Australian Engineers. The homemade wooden pressure contact plate (left) is connected by wires to the homemade battery pack (centre) which contains up to six 1.5 volt batteries. The battery pack is also connected by wires to the Mine (right) and provides the power to explode the electric detonator inside the mine. This type of device has been designed for destroying vehicles, as the blast is directed straight up into the vehicle after running over the pressure plate.
An example of a booby trapped shaped charge mine that has been placed by Viet Cong fighters and excavated by Sappers from the Royal Australian Engineers. The homemade pressure contact plate (centre) i
A display board showing a range of captured Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army explosive devices. Included, is a range circular shaped command and trip detonated Chinese Communist (Chicom) Dh10 direc
A deactivated Viet Cong explosive device showing the homemade battery pack and wiring (left) and the pressure plate (right). The name 'Millar, 1 Trp' has been written in chalk on the pressure plate an
An electrically operated explosive device that was buried in a road by Viet Cong fighters and recovered by Australian sappers from the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The three c
NX69134 Signalman Albert Edward Springham placing a message in a carrier at Signals Office, 18th Lines of Communication Signals, Port Moresby. This miniature overhead electric railway conveys message
High metal content pressure plate consisting of a rip saw blade and a timber base with a thin sheet of metal. Australian engineers uncovered this pressure plate while searching a vulnerable point of