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    Australian Army - Exercise Chong Ju

    The Australian Army’s firepower and manoeuvre demonstration at Puckapunyal Military Area, called EXERCISE CHONG JU.

    EX CHONG JU is named after a series of offensive actions by the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) on 29 October 1950 against North Koreans, during which infantry company advances were supported by US Army tanks and artillery.

    Artillery from 53 Independent Battery fired 105mm rounds in support of the biannual exercise. The battery usually supports courses run by the School of Artillery.

    53 Independent Battery was the only Australian battery to bring its guns to bear against the Japanese during the Battle of Kokoda in 1942




























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    Quote Originally Posted by juddy View Post
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    Notice the M113 have grown an extra set of wheels!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    Notice the M113 have grown an extra set of wheels!


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    Upgrade. or new build???

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    Quote Originally Posted by juddy View Post
    Upgrade. or new build???
    Upgrade, all being done at Tennex (now BAE systems) at Bandiana.

    New electronics, armament and still room for the troops, note the new turrets.

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    They're longer, heavier and are no longer Amphibious.

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    This bloke must have wagged the "Never point a gun at someone" lessons


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    Quote Originally Posted by juddy View Post
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    I thought the point of camouflage was to hide the item from the background.

    With all the M113 in nearly identical patterns they are highly visible by the repetition. They may as well have been painted bright red!

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    Quote Originally Posted by robzilla View Post
    This bloke must have wagged the "Never point a gun at someone" lessons

    haha - I was thinking the same thing with a few shots. Great pics BTW
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    And now ..........the ADF do not possess the combat capability to manouvere their Main Battle Tank across water obstacles.

    Our brightest and best forgot to address that need!

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    That is based on the premis that if you have the Tanks then they will have to give us the money to buy the equipment to cross water obstacles.

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