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The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is 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 the Army (CA), who is responsible to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF).

Australian soldiers have been involved in a number of minor and major conflicts throughout its history, but only in World War II did Australian territory come under direct attack.

Contents 1 Mission 2 Organsation 3 Equipment 3.1 Small Arms 3.2 Armoured Vehicles

Mission

Australian Government websites state that the Army's mission is to provide a potent, versatile and modern Army to promote the security of Australia and protect its people and interests. Further, the Army's key doctrine publication, The Fundamentals of Land Warfare, states that "the Army’s mission is to win the land battle".

Organsation

Equipment

Small Arms

• L9A1 Browning Hi-Power Pistol
• Heckler und Koch USP Pistol (Special Forces)
• F88 Austeyr Rifle
• M4A5 Carbine (Special Forces)
• Heckler und Koch MP5 Submachine Gun (Special Forces)
• F89 Minimi Light Machine Gun
• MAG 58 General Purpose Machine Gun
• M2 QCHB Heavy Machine Gun
• Remington 870 Shotgun
• M203-PI Grenade Launcher
• Mk 19 Automatic Grenade Launcher

Armoured Vehicles

• M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank
  • M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge
  • M1 Abrams Armored Recovery Vehicle
  • M1 Grizzly Engineer Vehicle
• CV90
  • CV9040: Original version, upgraded with twin TOW launchers
  • CV9035 AAV: Anti-Air Vehicle (Turret system with 2 35mm cannon, and 18 ACLOS/IR guided missiles, Regiment/Brigade level air defence)
  • CV90: Forward Observation Vehicle
  • CV90: Armored Recovery Vehicle
• M113A4 MTVL
  • M113A4 Recovery Vehicle
  • M113A4 Cargo Vehicle
  • M113A4 Fitters Vehicle
  • M113A4 Engineers Vehicle
  • M577A4 Command Vehicle