IT must have been a heck of a big bang.
Testament to that is the blast-damaged locker from an Australian Army Bushmaster vehicle, blown up when it rode over an insurgent improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan in November 2012.
The locker was handed to the Australian War Memorial on Thursday to go on display in the new "Afghanistan: The Australian Story" exhibition which opens next week.
Memorial director Brendan Nelson says this special item will enhance the visitor experience at what will be a powerful and moving exhibition.
The Bushmaster, a large armoured troop transport, is the iconic Australian implement of this conflict. The IED remains the signature weapon, claiming the lives of 16 of the 40 Australians killed in Afghanistan.
In the incident in November 2012, three Australians received minor wounds.
But the vehicle, manufactured in Bendigo by defence company Thales and only delivered in August 2012, needed to return to Australia for repairs. It had just 500km on the clock.
Many Bushmasters have been blown up by insurgent IEDs, some completely destroyed, but no soldier has ever been killed in one.
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