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To all the men who went, to all the Mums who let their sons go, thankyou People always seem to forget the Mums and Dads #OTD – Opening shots of the Battle of Long Tan At 0243 on the 17th of August 1966, the Vietcong launched an artillery strike on the Australian position at Nui Dat. This bombardment marked the opening shots of one of the defining battles of Australian Military History – the Battle of Long Tan. By August 1966, the Australian position at Nui Dat was only three months old. Concerned at the establishment of such a strong Australian presence in their midst, the Vietcong decided to take early offensive action to remove the Australian presence from the area. In the early hours of the 17th, the Vietcong fired over 100 rounds from several 82mm mortars, 75mm recoilless rifles and an old Japanese 70mm howitzer in a bombardment that lasted 22 minutes. Numerous vehicles and equipment were damaged, and 24 men were wounded, one of whom later died. Despite coming under fire, the 1st Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery quickly commenced counter-battery fire at 0250, just seven minutes after the attack was launched. After plotting the likely enemy position, the Regiment fired a total of 240 rounds on the enemy position from 24 guns and the mortaring ceased. After the Vietcong barrage, the defenders stood to expecting a further assault but none came. Searches of the area later that day located the mortar sites, but found no bodies. Although the Australians had withstood the first attack with only minor injuries, worse was yet to come… On the 18th, the Vietcong would launch another attack in force. Image: Members of 101 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, operating "D" Delta 105 mm L5 Pack Howitzer at Nui Dat, 1966. The four shirtless gunners are firing from a weapon pit surrounded by corrugated iron and reinforced with sandbags. Identified are: 1731284 Gunner (Gnr) Barry Faulkner; 215074 Bombardier (Bdr) Trevor Madeley, operating the gun's breech after firing; 4410891 Gunner (Gnr) David Vonbertough, carrying a ranging disc to determine the charge and range to be used in fire support; and 13538 Sergeant (Sgt) Allan Grice. The numbers and arrows marked on the corrugated wall are direction finders in milliradians. Note: This image was coloured by AI. --------------------------------------------------------------- If you spot an error, please send me a message. Join our group here: https://business.facebook.com/groups/2626189084317964

There's a good story about a fella called Ron Horse who drove the first big Diamond T road trains in Australia 980 and 981's Anyway he had a German Shepherd dog sitting in the passenger seat, the trucks were LHD Ron would be driving and when a car was coming he would hold up a news paper with a couple of holes in it go see thru Everyone thought a his dog was driving

Dave they are some incredible photo's and stories Paul

What are the doors for ?? Might help with some feed back Paul

Need to see if the inner bell housing is wet all over or just running out from the transmission side It might not be much or could be something more serious Paul

I know I would get crook as a dog in it Still suffer terrible motion sickness to this day Or maybe I would be hanging on so tight I wouldn't get a chance to be crook lol You sure see some interesting places Paul

Does the exhaust run along between the rail and the cab floor ?? Paul

Does Kenworth still make normal COE truck for the US market ? If so, I wonder why they never used the cab Australia still have a K200 I think it is https://www.kenworth.com.au/trucks/k200/ Paul

It's not on that chart because the chart is dated 2016 And also thats a world chart not a chart for any particular country Paul

Im glad thats the case, I would be more concerned if you said excited

I did read somewhere that they did replace the jet with a normal diesel later in its life Paul

Swishman I think it was just a concept truck Gas turbines were good at highway speeds but sucked heaps of fuel when travelling in town The B 47 and B 52 bombers sucked bucket loads of fuel at low level but could be leaned right out once they had a high altitude Im guessing that was with the old early style jet engines, I'm pretty sure the jet engines got a lot more economical in a few years time Im surprised that this technology never made into the auto industry Paul

I also understand that Parkour (a elite sport and way of moving in big cities) was derived from super truckers thongs blowing out and their quick recovery Paul

I believe hip hop dancing may have got some lessons from super truckers Paul

Love my thongs, the thong look is especially cool when that piece that hooks between my toes blows out and I come to a crashing heap on the ground as I fall as gracefully as a hippopotamus on heat off the fuel taken So thinking about thongs they would be in the more advanced kit, not the starter kit Paul

So does 6 inches pass or is that just a wanna be Paul

Gotta agree Alex, I feel its just good manners to be as quiet as I can be, after all some blokes will be trying their best to grab some shut eye Paul

I most likely am wrong So please ignore if you reckon Im completely of track Put the grease plate back on the truck Drop a hook or some such thing in the jaws if they are closed Hook off a chain block Im thinking, and hook the other end to the chassis Pull the handle to release the jaws and and pull the chain block back to open them Then just start using as you normally would Im guessing a tiny dag or burr the poofteenth type size is causing the drama and after a use or two I think it will be fine Paul

I remember some blokes I worked with back in the 80's did a trip to the States and bought from the way it was described a "Grizwallds" type of wagon Must of been three on the tree as they reckon when they went to do a racing changing they would grab the door handle Dunno exactly how this happened but made for a good yarn Paul

He never asked me 😔 lol Paul

So the R models days are done Swishman? Sad day indeed, and slowly letting Crummins into the Beamish DNA , I guess it is a new millennium so thimgs are a changing Paul

One should go to the block The other should go to the thermostat I would think How many wires does it have ? Paul

They sold them well into the late 70's in Australia They were never that popular, I saw one in a yard within the last few months A mob in Tasmania that ran Scanias exclusively and had them as well and on Faceless book I see they have aquired one and it is now getting fully restored in their work shop https://youtu.be/YPwtJ89jes4 Paul

Been a while so best get cracking There you all go, enough excitement for one day Paul