AUSTRALIAN
SERVICE
MACHINE GUNS
Ian D. Skennerton
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART 1
COLONIAL ISSUES
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PART 2
THE EMERGING NATION
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PART 3
PRODUCTION COMMENCES AT LITHGOW
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PART 4
WARTIME CONTINGENCIES—
THE FOREIGN GUNS
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PART 5
AUSTRALIA'S MACH1NE CARBINES
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61
PART 6
POST-WAR DEVELOPMENT
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PART 7
THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE
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PART 8
A MODERN OUTLOOK
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PART 9
MARKINGS & PROOFS
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GLOSSARY
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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