Image Gallery 2009
25 February 2009
Mortars in overwatch
Combat Team Tusk is one of the Force Elements of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. The Mortar section is drawn from the 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment based in Darwin.
As well as the Infantry soldiers who patrol through the rugged terrain and villages of Uruzgan Province, there are numerous support elements which ensure the security of our forces and are ready to provide protection when a contact occurs.
Mortars provide an accurate and hard-hitting option for the commanders on the ground.
| 20090109ara8502859_0072 Bedding in the mortars, soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, position and test their weapons in preparation for operations in southern Afghanistan. (Left to right): "the number 1", Private Matthew Reeves, "the number two", Private Jeffery Chapman and "the number three", Private Nathan Smith. (Date taken: 09 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
 |
| 20090109ara8502859_0078 Private Mathew Reeves adjusts the sights on his mortar, whilst his "number two", Private Jeffery Chapman awaits his orders. (Date taken: 09 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
 |
| 20090109ara8502859_0079 Private Matthew Reeves takes a sight picture on his mortar, before firing "test" rounds during the process of bedding in their weapons. The bedding in rounds are fired to ensure weapon accuracy, if they are required during operations, there by removing the risk of inaccurate fire missions. (Date taken: 09 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
 |
| 20090110ara8502859_0014 Private Nathan Smith, from the Mortar section of Combat Team Tusk, moves the ammunition from his weapon in preparation for a move further into the Baluchi Valley during Operation Tura Ghar. (Date taken: 10 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
 |
