A 7.62mm L7 General Purpose Machine Gun with spade grips. This machine gun is fitted inside a ...

Accession Number P08283.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Scanlan, Paul Anthony
Place made East Timor
Date made c 12 November 1999
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
Copyright

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Description

A 7.62mm L7 General Purpose Machine Gun with spade grips. This machine gun is fitted inside a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter taking members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) on a reconnaissance trip (recce) to Oecussi prior to the battalion's move to the Oecussi Enclave. Members of the ADF are serving with the International Force East Timor (INTERFET), a peacekeeping force led by Australia.