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List Of Military Weapons Of Australia
This is a list of all weapons ever used by the Australian Army. It will be organised by era. All past weapons * Historical weaponry of the Australian Army World War II * List of Australian military equipment of World War II Modern day * List of equipment of the Australian Army References {{List of lists, military Australia Weapons A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, s ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Army
The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Australia), Chief of Army (CA), who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Force (Australia), Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) who commands the ADF. The CA is also directly responsible to the Minister of Defence (Australia), Minister for Defence, with the Department of Defence (Australia), Department of Defence administering the ADF and the Army. Formed in 1901, as the Commonwealth Military Forces, through the amalgamation of the colonial forces of Australia following the Federation of Australia. Although Australian soldiers have been involved in a number of minor and major conflicts throughout Australia's history, only during the Second World War has Australian territory come under direct attack. The Australian Army was initially composed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Weaponry Of The Australian Army
Since the formation of the Australian Army on 1 March 1901, it has used a variety of weaponry and equipment, sourced mainly from British, American and less frequently, other European manufacturers, but also weapons and equipment produced by local Australian manufacturers. The Australian Army came into being when the six British colonies of Australia all held referendums to join, and voted in favour of forming a federation, creating the modern nation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. Prior to doing so, each of the Australian colonies were responsible for their own defence, and all had separate colonial armies. As each colonial army was responsible for the defence of their own colony, each colony separately contracted the purchase of their own equipment, so at the time that each colonial army merged into the newly formed Australian Army, there was a variety of incompatible equipment used by the various interstate units. One of the first tasks of the newly formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Military Equipment Of World War II
At the beginning of the Second World War, Australia did not have an extensive manufacturing industry. Furthermore, it was only partially independent from the United Kingdom (Britain). Therefore, most of Australian weapons and equipment during war was imported from either Britain or USA, although many were replaced with locally produced versions later in war. Knives and bayonet Bayonets * Pattern 1907 bayonet Small arms Pistols (manual and semi-automatic) * Enfield No. 2 Mk I * 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) * Smith & Wesson No.3 ( Volunteer Defence Corps) Automatic pistols and submachine guns * Owen Gun * STEN submachine gun * Thompson submachine gun * Austen submachine gun Rifles * Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* * Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I * Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk I Jungle Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Equipment Of The Australian Army
This is a list of the equipment currently used by the Australian Army. Individual equipment Uniforms Assault rifles and carbines Precision rifles Machine guns Pistols Submachine guns Shotguns Grenade launchers Anti-armour Mortars Grenades and anti personnel mines Bayonets Armoured Vehicles Utility, reconnaissance and support vehicles Artillery Air defence Aircraft Unmanned aerial vehicles Watercraft Future equipment Infantry weapons The Army has begun to roll out the Enhanced F88 Austeyr (EF88) to replace the F88 Austeyr. The new rifle has several new features including improved modularity featuring extended accessories rail, a fixed barrel, bolt catch release and a black paint scheme. In July 2015, the ADF ordered 30,000 EF88 rifles and 2,277 Steyr Mannlicher SL40 grenade launchers. The roll out of the EF88 was scheduled to begin in July 2016 commencing with 3rd Brigade and other Townsville-based units, then in 2017 7th Brigade and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Weapons
This is an index of lists of weapons. By time period *List of medieval weapons *List of premodern combat weapons * List of American Civil War weapons * List of World War I weapons * List of World War II weapons *List of Korean War weapons * List of Vietnam War weapons *List of 20th-century weapons By type *List of anti-aircraft weapons *List of aircraft weapons *List of artillery *List of firearms **List of assault rifles **List of battle rifles **List of blow forward firearms **List of bolt-action rifles **List of bullpup firearms **List of carbines **List of delayed blowback firearms **List of grenade launchers **List of machine guns **List of multiple-barrel firearms **List of pistols **List of recoilless rifles **List of revolvers **List of rifles **List of rocket launchers **List of semi-automatic pistols **List of semi-automatic rifles **List of shotguns **List of sniper rifles **List of submachine guns *List of flamethrowers *List of magical weapons *List of martial arts w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Military-related Lists
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
