11/09/2026
Australian Army M1A1 AIM SA Abrams Main Battle Tank Moving onto the firing range during Chong Ju Exercise at Puckapunyal Training Area, Victoria, Australia, on October 21, 2015.
Exercise Chong Ju is an annual live-fire training exercise conducted at the Australian Army's Combined Arms Training Centre at Puckapunyal training area in northern Victoria to showcase capabilities to Army's next generation of combat leaders.
Exercise Chong Ju 2015 included demonstrations from the M1A1 Abrams tank, ASLAV (Australian Light Armoured Vehicle), M113 armoured personnel carriers, 81mm mortars and M777 155mm howitzer field guns. Aerial support for the activity includes Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters and FA/18 Hornet aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force.
Exercise Chong Ju is named after a battle in North Korea in 1950, when the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, supported by tanks and artillery, attacked and captured a large North Korean defensive line during their northward advance to the Yalu River.
Defence Australia photo by Cpl. Steve Duncan.
Source: Australian Army official website.