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Pistols (manual and semi-automatic) Enfield No. 2 Mk I. Webley Mk VI revolver. Webley Mk IV revolver. Browning Hi-Power P35. Smith & Wesson Victory. Beaumont-Adams revolver (Volunteer Defence Corps) Webley M1872 Bull Dog (Volunteer Defence Corps) Colt Model 1851 Navy (Volunteer Defence Corps)
150 miles (240 km) [1] Maximum speed. 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) The AC1 Sentinel was a cruiser tank designed in Australia in World War II in response to the war in Europe, and to the threat of Japan expanding the war to the Pacific or even a feared Japanese invasion of Australia. It was the first tank to be built with a hull cast as a single ...
The Nungarin Army Vehicle Workshop was built by the Australian Army in 1942 for World War II. It was part of the No.5 Base Ordnance Depot. The frame of the building was prefabricated in Perth and transported to Nungarin, unusual for a building of this size and materials. [1] [2]
An Australian light machine gun team in action during the Aitape–Wewak campaign, June 1945. Australiaentered World War IIon 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers, including the Kingdom ...
Colt 1911A1 (.45 calibre) L9A1 Browning Hi-Power (9×19mm Parabellum) Long-arms. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (licensed FN FAL derivative) (7.62 calibre) M14 rifle (used by the Special Air Service Regiment) M21 Sniper Weapon System (used on a small scale by Australian troops in the later years of the Vietnam War) Grenades.
Tanks in the Australian Army. 1st Armoured Division M3 Grant tanks in June 1942. The Australian Army has used tanks from after the First World War, through the interwar period, the Second World War, the Cold War and to the present day. Throughout this period the Army has primarily been a light infantry force, with its tanks mainly being used in ...
Military unit. The Australian Armywas the largest service in the Australian militaryduring World War II. Prior to the outbreak of war the Australian Army was split into the small full-time Permanent Military Forces (PMF) and the larger part-time Militia. Following the outbreak of war on the 3rd of September 1939, 11 days later, on 14 September ...
Under LAND 907 Phase 2, the M1A1 will be upgraded to the M1A2 through replacement. The Army has ordered 75 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams to be delivered from 2024. [44] [45] 49 M1A1 Abrams will be sent to Ukraine as part of the Australian military support againt the Russian Invasion of Ukraine of 2022. [46] ASLAV Canada Australia: Combat reconnaissance vehicle