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Australian Practice Rifle : Captain L C Seton, 29 Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps
Technology
Australian practice rifle made with bush timber and has an iron butt. The butt is stamped 25. It is complete with bayonet, stamped XXV, and scabbard, capable of being unfixed and was made from part of...RELAWM24506
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Cluster Bomb Karinga
Technology
Maker: Defence Science Technology Organisation Defense Technology Corporation of America
The cluster bomb is made of heavy gauge screwed metal. It is green overall with yellow checkering on the body. It has four fixed base fins and one netting parachute held in place by four metal fillets...REL/04840
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Dummy Lewis Machine Gun : 17 Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps, Yerong Creek, NSW
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Dummy light machine gun manufactured from local materials by members of the Victorian Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC). The handle and breech of the gun are carved from wood to which has been nailed a fo...RELAWM20293.001
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HMS Cornwallis Grenade
Technology
Maker: Royal Navy
Spherical shaped nose piece made from wood and wooden block body inset into a metal cup. Attached to the base of the cup are several pieces of scrap calico to enable stability of the grenade in fligh...RELAWM07221
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Improvised Bipod for 81 mm Mortar Barrel
Technology
Japanese improvised mortar bipod consisting of two tubular steel legs which are held to barrel by means of two bolts. A folding stretcher bar keeps the legs the correct distance apart. The bipod is pa...RELAWM29667
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Improvised 81 mm Mortar Barrel
Technology
Improvised smoothbore mortar barrel of 81mm calibre. The bracket has been welded on the barrel to accommodate a bipod. A ball and socket joint are located at the bottom of the barrel to be located in...RELAWM29666
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Improvised 81 mm Mortar Baseplate
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Improvised 81 mm mortar baseplate. The baseplate is made from wood and has steel braces for strengthening. A central metal spike is used to anchor the baseplate. A ball joint coupling in the center of...RELAWM27253
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Improvised periscope : Gallipoli
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Roughly squared length of timber with two shards of mirrored glass embedded at an angle. One piece is at the top of the wood, with the angled mirror facing downwards. The second piece is made from thi...RELAWM00342
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Improvised Rocket launcher : Iraq
Technology
Maker: Unknown
The missile launching tube is made from a galvanised steel tube measuring 94.5 centimeters in length and an internal diameter of 12.5 centimeters. The launcher has three rubber wheels from a wheel bar...REL34155
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Lattey Rifle Sights : Trooper C H Livingstone, 6 Light Horse Regiment
Technology
Lattey Optical Rifle Sights. These sights are in two parts and made for the Short Magazine Lee Enfield No 1 Mark III rifle. The small brass square section with a lens screws onto the rear sight of the...REL/16524
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Mechanical Robot, Land Torpedo or Explosive Tankette 'Jeffrey the robot': Corporal Harold Edward Jeffery, RAAF
Technology
Maker: Jeffery, Harold Edward
Electrically driven, fully tracked, mechanical robot. The vehicle is painted overall in dark olive drab. The interior of the front section contains two electric starter motors which provide power, via...RELAWM20459
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Message Rocket : Lieutenant W H G Geake, AIF Research Section
Technology
Maker: British Munitions Inventions Department
Message rocket consisting of two sections - the head of the rocket that contains the propellant and has a siren whistle at the tip, and the tail which is a thin two-piece tube which carries the smoke ...RELAWM04381
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105 mm Improvised artillery mortar
Technology
Maker: Japanese Armed Forces
Japanese improvised mortar. The weapon consists of a base, a spigot mounting and a ground peg (missing). The spigot is a 17 inch long, 4 inch external diameter tube, welded to a 4" x 4" angle iron, wh...RELAWM36878
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105 mm Improvised artillery mortar spigot shell
Technology
Maker: Japanese Armed Forces
This is an improvised spigot shell which was fired from a 105 mm improvised mortar - see RELAWM 36878. It was fabricated from a 105 mm High Explosive artillery shell (as used in the Type 91 howitzer)...RELAWM33904
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50 mm Type 98 wooden spigot and base of main charge container.
Technology
Wooden spigot and metal spigot housing for the main explosive charge which fitted into the barrel of a Type 98 (1938) 50 mm Mortar. This is the bottom part of the projectile. This element attached t...RELAWM27191
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Model bandage winder : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Technology
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Bandage winder, consisting of a pair of steel 'A' frames at each end, a cranked winder located through two holes at the apex of the frame, and a pair of adjustable supports at the rear, allowing diffe...REL/01573
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Model collapsible structure : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Technology
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Model of an oval framework structure which can expand and contract with a scissor-arm concertina action. Model consists of six ovaloid copper forms, each with a large central rectangular cut-out, and ...REL/01577
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Model fire fighting sand disc : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Technology
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Circular disc, made from an inner and an outer ring of 15mm wide cardboard with compartments contained within the resultant ring. These have been filled with sand and the entire assembly has then been...REL/01579.001
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Model fire fighting sand discs : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Technology
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Three discs, each made from an inner ring (about 125mm diameter) and an outer ring (about 250mm diameter) of 15mm wide cardboard, the two joined by divisions or spokes of cardboard. One side of the re...REL/01576
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Model four ounce stretcher : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Technology
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Prototype, handsewn 4 ounce canvas stretcher consisting of a pair of linen webbing forms, each a square about 275 mm, with a pair of crossbraces which are sewn diagonally across the squares, and exten...REL/01575