Major Barrie Gillman as a public relations officer Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, South Vietnam 1967-1968, reports from 1st Australian Task Force base Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, July 1967

Gillman speaks of an upgrade to newer, more technologically-advanced weapons - the 105mm guns carried in United States Army artillery armoured tracked vehicles and used as a direct-fire weapon in perimeter defence; the 7.62 self-loading rifle (SLR) replacing the .303 rifle; the F1 submachine carbine replacing the Owen gun; the M60 machine gun replacing the Vickers and Bren machine guns; the Colt 9mm pistol replacing the .38mm pistol; the M16 armalite rifle used by forward scouts while on patrol to provide rapid bursts of fire on contact with the enemy; the M79 grenade launcher replacing the old launcher cup for the .303 rifle, the 81mm mortar replacing the 2 and 3 inch mortar; the 50 and 30 calibre machine gun mounted on a vehicle and used in perimeter defence as a spotting gun for anti tank weapons; the 105mm howitzer replacing the 25 pounder; other artillery available to the Task Force including United States army weapons such as the 8 inch, the 175 mm and the 105 mm guns; implications of weapon maintenance for 12 guage single barrel pump-action shotguns.