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Cobra Run

A rifleman from 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, engages a target with an EF88 Austeyr rifle during a platoon live-fire training serial a part of Exercise Cobra Run. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photo by Sapper Tristan Montagu.
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8/9RAR’s new soldiers on steep learning curve

01/06/202301/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3081 Views 1 Comment 8/9RAR, 8th/9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, CBRN, Cobra Run, EF88 Austyer rifle

It was a baptism of live-fire for new members of 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (8/9RAR), as they took part

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