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 includes demonstrations from the M1A1 Abrams tanks, ASLAV (Australian light armoured vehicle), Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, M113 armoured personnel carriers, 81mm mortars, Javelin anti-armour rocket and M777 155mm artillery. Aerial support for the activity includes F/A-18 Hornets from the Royal Australian Air Force and Army's Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter. 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.
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