Firepower Demo

3RAR Firepower

DEMO

MAG 58 machine gun

PHOTOS BY CORPORAL DANIEL SALLAI

Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment’s Support Company, conducted firepower demonstrations for junior commanders of the battalion in February.

Demonstrations occurred by day and by night at the Townsville Field Training Area.

Weapons showcased included 81mm mortar mounted in M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers, 84mm Carl Gustav medium direct firesupport weapon, MAG 58 sustained-fire machine gun and .50cal heavy machine gun. 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment – 3RAR – is a mechanised-infantry battalion based in Kapyong Lines, Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, north Queensland, as part of the Army’s 3rd Brigade. 3RAR was the Army’s only parachute battalion from 1984 until 2011.

In 2012, the battalion moved from Sydney to Townsville and took on a light-infantry construct, until it was upraded to mechanised infantry in 2018. 3RAR was formed in 1945 and has Battle Honours from Korea, Vietnam, East Timor and Iraq.

.50cal heavy machine gun

M113AS4

84mm mortar in M113AS4