The Australian Army has conducted a combined live firing exercise codenamed Exercise Chong Ju (EXCJ) at the Puckapunyal Military Area (PMA) in Victoria.

During the exercise, the Australian Army demonstrated its latest combat weapons and performed a live firing drill with armoured vehicles and weapons.

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Defence capabilities included in the live fire demonstration are the army’s M1A1 Abrams tank, Australian light armoured vehicle, M113 AS4, 105mm Hamel Gun and Javelin anti-armour missile.

The Australian Air Force provided close air support with its F-111 long-range strike aircraft, which will be decommissioned shortly.

The exercise enabled newly joined soldiers to visualise the effects of modern weapon systems during a combined arms attack.

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