Drones Tanks & Bombs - The Technology of War During the Past 100 Years

By rohan Goyne

An anthology of military technology from the past 100 years

• Language: English
• Publisher: rohan Goyne
• Release date: Aug 13, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393831570

rohan Goyne

Rohan Goyne is a recreational military historian based in Canberra Australia.  He is a Petherick Reader at the National Library of Australia and the Immediate Past Federal President of the Military Historical Society of Australia 2009-2018. He has had articles on a wide variety of military history topics in Australian and International military history journals.  This is his first e-book.  He is admitted to legal practice as a Solicitor In the High Court of Australia, the Federal Courts of Australia and the ACT Supreme Court.  He holds a Master of Laws specialising in international law from the University of Canberra and four other degrees.

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Contents

The Scan Eagle p 3

The Brennan Torpedo p6

The Matilda Frog p8

The A7V Tank p11

The Congor Flamethrower p16

The Sea Mine p19

SCAN EAGLE – AUSTRALIA’S EYE IN THE SKY OVER AFGHANISTAN

The Scan Eagle was Australia’s first aerial drone (unmanned aerial vehicle UAV) to be used in the war in Afghanistan.  It is shown below when it was on exhibition at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) with the opening of the War in Afghanistan gallery.  Unfortunately, as at 1 0ctober 2016, it is no longer on display in the gallery however this article serves as a permanent reminder of this newer piece of military technology.

The AWM may be should also consider a more permanent display of the military technology such as the Scan Eagle which is changing the face of modern warfare and influencing the outcomes on the ground. 

(Photograph 1 Rohan Goyne Collection – R. Goyne MHV 2016)

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(Photograph 2 Rohan Goyne Collection – R. Goyne (MHV) 2016 previous page)

A close up of the Scan Eagle is shown