A winch in a trailer on which are wound tethering lines and cables to a barrage balloon about to ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Accession Number P01892.030
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Millane, Tom
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made January 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Status to be assessed

Description

A winch in a trailer on which are wound tethering lines and cables to a barrage balloon about to go aloft over the US 173 Airborne Brigade base. The cables lead to three PRC25 radio communications sets attached to the balloon. The Australian Field Operational Research Section (FORS) had attached radio equipment to the balloon as a means of increasing the distance over which communications could be maintained with Special Air Services (SAS) units operating in the field. The balloon was on loan from the US 7th Air Force.