The back of the Giraffe Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) radar. The primary role of ...

Place Asia: Afghanistan, Uruzgan Province, Tarin Kot
Accession Number P10271.116
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Fletcher, Nick
Place made Afghanistan: Uruzgan Province, Tarin Kot
Date made 2 February 2011
Conflict Afghanistan, 2001-2021
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

The back of the Giraffe Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) radar. The primary role of C-RAM is to provide warning of incoming indirect fire at the Multi National Base - Tarin Kot.

This image was taken by Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology at the Australian War Memorial, as part of the Memorial's Curators in the Field program. This program aims to continue the Memorial's tradition of documenting Australian's experience at war, through observing the Australian Defence Force and collecting records, photographs, oral histories and objects for the Memorial's National Collection. Nick travelled to Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force from January to February in 2011, together with fellow staff members Stephanie Boyle, Senior Curator of Film and Sound; and Peter Pedersen, Head of the Research Centre.