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

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Accession Number 071819
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 LEFT TO RIGHT: 6.5MM RIFLE AMMUNITION; 7.7MM MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION (RED - BALL, BLACK - ARMOUR PIERCING, BLACK - ARMOUR PIERCING, GREEN - TRACER); HAND GRENADE (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); TYPE 93 FOUR CM SIGNAL FLARE; SIGNAL FLARE FOR TYPE 89 GRENADE DISCHARGER; WHITE DOUBLE SHOOTING STAR; BLACK DRAGON; SELF PROJECTING SMOKE GENERATOR, TYPE 99; 1 KILOGRAM SMOKE CANDLE; IMPROVED TYPE SMOKE CANDLE NO. 6; SMOKE GENERATOR TYPE 94A.