During the Vietnam war the Australians and the New Zealanders both deployed forces in country to support US combat operations. The ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps ) forces included a full squadron of the SAS...
Upon deployment, the SAS Troopers were armed with L1A1s manufactured by the RSAF at Lithgow which is comparable in size to the US Rifle M14 and not well suited to jungle operations...
To overcome this the ANZAC armorers modified the standard L1A1s for the SAS Troopers. They shortened the barrel and gas system, installed a full auto selector and a thirty round magazine, then they added a 40mm grenade launcher with a fore grip, a L1A2 top cover, and cammo paint...
To the Troopers this modified L1A1 was simply called "The Bitch"...
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