Notes: The tiny Australian military must cover an enormous area. Units, especially special forces, tend to be very self-reliant, capable of much independant action.

Australian units use the same Regimental system common to all Commonwealth nations.  Click here for details.

Updates courtesy Jim Lawrie and Charles Doty.

 Basic Training: Commonwealth

 Army

A large portion of Australia's armoured and mechanized force is composed of
reservists.  The army is replacing its UH-1s with UH-60s.

They also use the LAV-25 or its variants.

 ISSUE EQUIPMENT:

• F1 Submachine Gun (similar to Sterling, but magazine fits on top, rather than the side)
• Steyr AUG Assault Rifle
• FNFAL Battle Rifle (Reserve units)
• Parker-Hale C1 Sniper Rifle
• FN-Minimi Automatic Rifle (same as M249)
• FN-MAG Machine Gun
• Browning HP35 Pistol
• Leopard I Main Battle Tank
• M113 ACAV Armored Reconaissance Vehicle (Some versions mounting 76mm gun from Scorpion light tank in small turret on roof)
• M113 Armored personnel carrier
• LAV Personnel Carrier
• UH60, UH1 Cargo Helicopter
• Chinook Cargo Helo
• OH58 Recon Helo

 Army Special Forces:

• Australian Special Air Service - SAS Table
• Tactical Assault Group (TAG) - SAS Table.  This is Australia’s counterterrorism unit, and is actually a specially-trained squadron of the Australian SAS.
• 1st Commando Regiment -Naval Raider Table (This is a small reserve unit based in and around Sydney)
• 3rd Battalion (Para), Royal Australian Regiment -Airborne

Navy:

• No Seabees
• The Australian Navy is replacing its aging British Oberon class diesel-electric submarines with Swedish-designed Vãstergõtland-class boats.
• Naval Aviation uses Air Force career tables.
• Australia's old carrier, the "Melbourne", was retired years ago.

 Air Force:

 Aircraft Used

• Fighter: F/A 18
• Recon: F/A 18
• Attack: F/A 18
• EW: Use Attack
• Strike: F111
• Wild Weasel: Use Attack
• Bomber: F111
• Tanker: Use Transport
• Transport: C130
• Special: F111

 Prior Conflicts:

• Malaysia (early '60s)
• Vietnam (small force)
• Gulf War (Naval force)
• Peacekeeping actions in Rwanda, Cambodia and Somalia (1990’s)
• East Timor Peacekeeping Force (1999)

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