Australian Weapons and Aircraft
| Australian Personal Weapons | Weight | Mag/Belt Capacity | Range |
| 7.62mm L1A1 SLR | 10 lbs | 20 rounds | 300m |
| 9 mm F1 SMG | 7.2 lbs | 30 rounds | 100m |
| 5.56 mm M16 Armalite | 7 lbs | 20 and 30 rounds | 300m |
| 7.62 mm M60 Machine Gun | 23 lbs | 100 round belts | 1100m |
| 40 mm M79 | 6 lbs | 1 round | 400m |
| 9 mm Browning Pistol | |||
| Service Air Service Weapons | |||
| 7.62mm SLR shortened or heavy barrel | modified to fire auto | 300m | |
| 5.56mm M16 | 7 lbs | 300 | |
| XM147/148) - M203 under and over. Also used by Infantry. | M16 with 40mm grenade launcher fitted underneath | 300m 400m |
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| 7.62 mm GPMG M60 MG | 23 lbs | 100 round belts | 1100m |
| Sterling an Thompson SMG | silenced | ||
| Shotgun/Assorted personal | |||
| Grenades/Pyrotechnics | |||
| M26 Fragmentation Grenade | 1 lb | 1 per man | 10m |
| M49 Trip Flare | 1 lb | 10 per platoon | |
| No 83 Smoke Grenade | 1.5 lb | 18 per platoon | |
| Mines | |||
| M16 'Jumping Jack' | 7.5 lbs | mine field use only | 30m |
| M18 Claymore | 3.5 lbs | 10 per section | 50m |
| Australian Support Weapons | Fire Rate | Range | |
| 105 mm L5 Pack Howitzer | 8 rounds per minute | 10,000 m | |
| 105 mm M2A1 Howitzer | 8 rpm | 1,000 m | |
| 81 mm Mortar | 4,500m | ||
| US 155 mm Gun - Towed/SP | 45 rounds per hour | 14,600m | |
| US 175 mm Self Propelled Gun | 1 round per 2 mins | 32,700m | |
| US 8 inch Self Propelled Gun | 1 round per 2 mins | 16,800m | |
| Anti Tank Weapons - Australian | |||
| 106 mm M40A1 Recoiless Rifle | 483 lbs | 700-3200m | |
| 90 mm US M67 Medium Anti-tank | 35 lbs | 800-1200m | |
| M72 66 mm Light Anti -tank | 4.5 lbs | 200m | |
| 84 mm L14A1 Carl Gustav | 35 lbs | 550m | |
| Australian Armoured Vehicles | |||
| M113 Armoured Personnel Vehicle | 11 tons | 30 and 50 cal MG | |
| Centurion Mk V Tank | 50 tons | 20 pd Gun-30 cal MG | |
| RAAF Helicopters | Crew | Armament | Pax |
| RAAF UH-1B/UH-1D Iroquois | 4 | 2 M60 MG | 5-7 |
| RAAF UH-1B /UH-1H Huey - Light Fire Team Gunship | 4 | 2.75 rockets/7.62mm mini guns | |
| Army Bell OH-13 Sioux | 1 | No armament | 1 |
| US Army CH-47 Chinook | 3 | M60 MG | 35 |
| US Army Bell AH-1G Cobra Gunship | 2 | 7.62 mm miniguns, 2.75 in rockets, 40 mm Grenade Launcher | nil |
| Australian Fixed Wing Aircraft | Payload or Speed | Speed | |
| C130 A Hercules Transport C130 E Hercules |
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| DHC-4 Caribou Mk 1 | |||
| B20 Canberra Twin Engine Jet Bomber | 2 | 10 x 500 lb bombs or 6 1000 lb bombs | |
| Cessna 180 - Single Engine | 1 | FAC - Recon | |
| Cessna - 01 - on loan from US | 1 | FAC |
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