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Describes those cartridges made and used by Australian in military weapons. |
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Australian 7.62mm Tracer
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Describes those cartridge made and used by Australia as tracers for only a short time. |
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Australian .455 Revolver ammunition
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Describes those .455 made and used by Australia. |
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Australian 7.62mm ball cartridges
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Describes those cartridge made and used by Australian in 7.62mm calibre. |
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Australian 7.62mm drill cartridges
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Describes those cartridges employed as drill versions of the service round. |
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Australian 7.62mm blanks
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Describes the blank cartridges made by Australia. |
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Australian 30-06 cartridges
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A brief look at an uncommon 30-06 cartridge made by Australia. |
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Australian .22 ball
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Just about everyone makes .22 ammunition and that includes Australia. |
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Australian .32 Auto
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This is one of Australias uncommon cartridges. Once upon a time we armed all our Postal officers, Bank tellers and policemen with this miniscule calibre. |
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Australian .32 revolver
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An even more uncommon cartridge is this rimmed version of the .32. |
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Australian .38 special
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Another rarity for Australia is this .38 special. It is not known why we made this calibre. |
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Australian .45 Auto
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During WW2 and after we made .45 ammunition for use in weapons supplied under lend lease. |
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Australian .50 calibre ammunition
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Some of our naval vessels and armoured vehicles are armed with .50 calibre weapons for which we make ball and drill ammunition. |
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Australian .303 AP ammunition
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For a short time we made copies of British models of .303 AP ammunition. |
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Australian .303 ball ammunition
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Australia made and used the venerable .303 for almost as long as the UK. |
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Australian .303 Blanks
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Many and varied are the .303 blanks made and used by Australia. |
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Australian .303 general
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A brief introduction to the .303 cartridge as made and used by Australia. |
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Australian .303 Murray Switch
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A cartridge that was used in the Australian combination booby-trap switch. |
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Australian .38 revolver ammunition
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When the UK adopted the .380 revolver cartridge Australia followed suit and we made and used it for a short time. |
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Australian .450 revolver ammunition
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Another cartridge that Australia made and used purely because the UK adopted it. |
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Australian manufacturing dates
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An attempt at sorting out the types of ammunition that Australia made and when. Any information that you may have concerning this subject we would like to hear from you. |
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Australian 7.62mm propellant codes
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A brief look at the way Australia describes its propellants in military use. |
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Australian .303 grenade launcher cartridges
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A look at those cartridges designed to propel grenades from rifles. |
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Australian .303 Tracer ammunition
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Australia made .303 tracers for only a short time. |
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