The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Viet Cong explosive device that has been discovered placed in a drainage culvert. The device consists of a block of TNT with an electrically fired detonator that can be command detonated via the red electrical wire.
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
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. A VARIETY OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES USED BY THE UNITED STATES (US) FORCES, THE VIET CONG (VC) AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA). LEFT TO RIGHT: AN ANTI-TANK MINE; DETONATING SWITCHES
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
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 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
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
