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PERISCOPE
AUSTRALIA
ON
armed services held their first joint
exercise employing a sea-mobile
military base.
The exercise involved an assault
on a ground target by ship-borne
troops landed from helicopters. The
target was a supposed radar station
in the Beecroft Range area at the
entrance to Jervis Bay
Troops embarked in H.M.A.S.
Sydney were flown by helicopter to
ground positions near the target
The exercise was intended to
practice the Service elements in
loint-service co-operation, amphibious
reconnaissance, air mobile
raiding and casualty evacuation.
Mack Trucks
Australia Pty. Ltd.
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Telephone: 47 1644
H.M.A.S. VAMPIRE REJOINS
FLEET
H.M.A.S. Vampire rejoined the Australian
Fleet during the first weekend
in March, following a $10 million
refit. Our photograph shows her
demonstrating her new gunnery
prowess.
The refit, carried out at Williamstown
Naval Dockyard, included new
superstructure. new electronic
equipment and three new turrets,
each mounting two 4.5-inch guns,
the latest fire-control systems, radar
and navigation equipment.
Her sister ship. H.M.A.S. Vendetta,
is now undergoing a similar refit at
Williamstown and is expected back
in service early next year
R.A.N. ORDERS
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
An initial Australian order for 46
Divercom underwater communications
systems and 10 surface units
for use by the Royal Australian Navy
has been lodged with Bendix Corporation's
Electrodynamics Division.
California, through the Bendix Corporation
Australia Pty. Ltd. This
newly developed underwater
acoustics communication system
permits a diver to speak and receive,
send code or transmit a steady
homing signal to another similarly
equipped diver, submersible or
surface vessel.
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