Exercise Diamond Dagger – CONTACT magazine

Soldiers from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, operate an M777A2 howitzer during a live-fire mission on Exercise Diamond Dagger at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photos by Corporal Jason Slape.

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Danger close and on target

10/07/202610/07/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 744 Views 0 Comments 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, 7th Brigade, Exercise Diamond Dagger, M777-A2, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

When an alert signalled an incoming fire mission on the detachment commanders’ display (DCD) of his M777A2 howitzer, Bombardier Bayley

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