A captured horde of small arms being displayed on a ground sheet at the A Company, 3rd ...

Accession Number P04502.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Spradbrow, Harold Charles
Place made Borneo: Stass
Date made c 1965
Conflict Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966
Copyright

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Description

A captured horde of small arms being displayed on a ground sheet at the A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), forward base at Stass. These weapons were captured by Australians from Indonesian troops during 1965 and most of them originate from the Second World War era. Weapons identified in the first row (left) from bottom are a US M1928A1 Thompson sub machine gun with missing stock; A Chinese SKS automatic rifle with folding bayonet and four US M3 Sub machine guns (known as grease guns). Second row (centre) from bottom are an Australian Owen sub machine gun with missing stock; an Australian L1A1 Self Loading Rifle; Two German Mauser KAR 98K rifles. Third row (right) are two US M1 Garand rifles; three British Mk2 Sten guns (one with steel frame stock); and the remainder are unidentified. Along the top is another row of weapons which includes a US 60mm mortar flanked with a bipod on each side; a British L4A4 Bren gun and two US Browning automatic rifles.

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