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List of australian military equipment of world war ii wikipedia. A mortar is usually a simple, lightweight, manportable, muzzleloaded weapon, consisting of a smoothbore although some models use a rifled barrel metal tube fixed to a base plate to spread out the recoil with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight. It wont be long before 81mm bombs will be sent downrange by new mortars guided by modern handheld computers set to rollout this year. Military surplus ordnance and artillery shells for sale.
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And 81mm mortar and mounts m4, m23a1 m23a2, and m23a3 this copy is a reprint which includes current pages from change 1. Military culture is described as unique and cultivating indescribable bonds that are necessary for. Within the barrel of the tube is a firing pin used to ignite a mortar shells primer. Army da administrative publications and forms by the army publishing directorate apd. Fsos, mortar platoon and section leaders, and fdc chiefs should consider all the aspects of target effects when planning fires. The army dress manual is designed to make it easier for members to access and locate information on dress policy by consolidating information into related topics. Sexual assault still plagues australias defence forces and. List of equipment of the australian army wikipedia. An australian variant of the accuracy international arctic warfare, it is the standardissue sniper rifle in the australian army and is chambered for 7. M1 defensa aerea m1 apc with a 20mm oerlikon gaibo1 cannon. While the chief of the defence force cdf commands the adf, the army is.
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