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During the thick of the fighting at Buna, an Australian infantryman receives a handful of grenades from a fellow soldier inside the tank. American tanks manned by Australian crews, carried large quantities of grenades which were distributed to the infantry. This picture was made during the actual fighting

During the thick of the fighting at Buna, an Australian infantryman re...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, tank, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Substitute materials containers. These new types of fiber shell containers with metal rims on the ends are being experimented with for shell, howitzers and hand grenades
During the thick of the fighting at Buna, an Australian infantryman receives a handful of grenades from a fellow soldier inside the tank. American tanks manned by Australian crews, carried large quantities of grenades which were distributed to the infantry. This picture was made during the actual fighting

During the thick of the fighting at Buna, an Australian infantryman re...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. T... More