Blasts From the Past, Oz style.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Australia was an enthusiastic adopter of the Cadillac designed T-50 turret for the M-113.

These usually came with a .50 and a .30 Browning and offered much better operator protection than some of the alternatives.

Probably due to the usual "budget restraints", the .50s were often replaced by a second .30 cal. Could also have been "the system" hinting broadly that these thing were NOT tanks. At one stage, red, plastic Norwegian? .30cal blanks were to be found in abundance.

When The Queensland Mounted Infantry(M-113 equipped), lived at Wacol, they used a local training area called "Pooh Corner", so named because it was adjacent to the local sewerage treatment plant.

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[browningautorifle]

At one stage, red, plastic Norwegian? .30cal blanks were to be found in abundance.

Yes, I still have some(No live rounds or empty cases in my possession, SIR!)...some short neck and some long. I remember the M60s didn't like the 7.62 plastic blanks much. The SLRs seemed to mostly get along with them. Red body and aluminum base.