3RAR – Para Wings – DPCU (Para Smock)

Description

Description: 3RAR – Para Wings – DPCU (Para Smock).

Condition: Very Good Plus

Comments: 3rd Battalion, (The Royal Australian Regiment) – Parachute Qualification Wings – DPCU – Worn on a Parachute Smock. Approximate size 92mm x 52mm.

3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Parachute) (3 RAR) was a parachute infantry battalion of the Australian Army, based in Sydney. 3 RAR was initially formed in 1945 as the 67th Battalion and has seen active service in Japan, Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan and Iraq. The Battalion is a rapid deployment light infantry unit which makes up a major part of Australia’s Ready Deployment Force.

The Battalion was moved to Townsville from the start of 2012 to join the rest of 3 Brigade. 3 RAR no longer holds a parachuting role and has moved to be a high readiness infantry force.