ARMALITE RIFLES
Aust. Army Purchase (N.Z. Prtsi Asm—Copyright) CANBERRA, Sept. 16. The Australian Army is buying thousands of armalite rifles from the United States for limited issue to all battalions and infantry training units. The Army Minister (Mr J. Fraser) said today there was no intention to replace the standard Australian infantry weapon—the 7.62 mm selfloading rifle—with the armalite. He said the armalite would be used for special purposes. It was particularly effective because of the high rate of fire and high muzzle velocity of its light bullet
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31168, 19 September 1966, Page 11
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88ARMALITE RIFLES Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31168, 19 September 1966, Page 11
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