FINSCHHAFEN - SIO AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-31. JAPANESE AMMUNITION COLLECTED FROM DUMPS IN THE ...

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Accession Number 071815
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Date made 31 March 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

FINSCHHAFEN - SIO AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-31. JAPANESE AMMUNITION COLLECTED FROM DUMPS IN THE AREA BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER'S BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS. THE AMMUNITION DISPLAYED, READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS: 70MM BATTALION GUN, (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 70MM BATTALION GUN, (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM REGIMENTAL GUN (ARMOUR PIERCING TRACER); 75MM REGIMENTAL GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE, HOLLOW CHARGE); 75MM REGIMENTAL GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM FIELD GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM FIELD GUN (SMOKE, WHITE PHOSPHOROUS); 75MM FIELD GUN (ARMOUR PIERCING TRACER).