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Exercise Chau Pha

A soldier from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fires an 84mm Carl Gustav during Exercise Chau Pha in Townsville Field Training Area. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. All photos by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
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Combined-arms team defends artillery gun line

28/06/202328/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2996 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, 4th Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment, Carl Gustav 84mm, CH-47F Chinook, Exercise Chau Pha, M777 Howitzer

Bullets, rockets and artillery shells flew down range simultaneously in an intense defence of the gun line during Exercise Chau

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Soldiers from the 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery fire the M777 155mm Howitzer during Exercise Chau Pha. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
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Gunners on target in tough test

01/07/202208/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3107 Views 0 Comments 4th Regiment, Exercise Chau Pha, M777 Howitzer

Gunners, forward observers and command post officers of the 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (4 Regt) were recently put through

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