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Name Image Origin Type Calibre Notes SR-98 United Kingdom Bolt action sniper rifle: 7.62×51mm: An Australian variant of the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, it is the standard-issue sniper rifle in the Australian Army and is chambered for 7.62×51mm.
1900–1920. 1918–1920. World War One and Russian Civil War sniper. Regular member of The 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death. One of the highest confirmed number of kills of any female at 93 kills using only the iron sights of a 7.62×54mm Mosin-Nagant Model 1891. 93. Russian Republic. Timothy Murphy. 1751–1818.
The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957 as a company, it was modelled on the British SAS with which it shares the motto, "Who Dares Wins". Expanded to a regiment in August 1964, it is based at Campbell Barracks, in Swanbourne ...
Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Turkish soil at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. Sing began his military career as part of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) forces in the Gallipoli Campaign in modern day Turkey. Biographer John Hamilton described the Turkish terrain thus: "It is a country made for snipers.
51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment. Royal Australian Artillery. 20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment. Australian Army Aviation. 161st Reconnaissance Squadron. 162nd Reconnaissance Squadron. Royal Australian Armoured Corps. 1st Armoured Regiment. 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
L9A1 Browning Hi-Power (9×19mm Parabellum) Long-arms. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (licensed FN FAL derivative) (7.62 calibre) M14 rifle (used by the Special Air Service Regiment) M21 Sniper Weapon System (used on a small scale by Australian troops in the later years of the Vietnam War) Grenades. M26 grenade.
Australian Army. The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (CA), who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) who commands the ADF.
List of military weapons of Australia. This is a list of all weapons ever used by the Australian Army. It will be organised by era.