M577A1 Armoured Command Vehicle
The M577A1 Armoured Command Vehicle (ACV) is a variant of the M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier, which was built by the American Food Machinery Corporation and first delivered to Australia in 1965. Both the M113 APC and the M577 ACV were found to be susceptible to landmines during the Vietnam War. As a result, Australian vehicles […]
Lithgow Small Arm Factory Museum
After a robbery of several handguns from the Lithgow Small Arms Museum, the museum’s weapons display has been closed to the public. If you had been there a few years ago, you would have seen the best display of firearms in the country. A 30‑minute drive from Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, just west […]
RAAF Mirage IIIO
The Mirage IIIO was the Royal Australian Air Force’s first supersonic fighter, serving with the RAAF from the delivery of the first aircraft on 9 April 1963 until its retirement in September 1988, when it was replaced by the F/A-18 Hornet. In the late 1950s, Australia had still not chosen a new fighter […]
CA-27 Avon Sabre
The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation ( CAC) CA-27 Avon Sabre was in RAAF service from 1956 to 1971 which was a later start date and a much longer period of service than the American F86 Sabre had. The F86 served with United states from1949 to the late 1950’s even pushing into the early 60’s with some […]