as the war grinded to a stalemate & Australia lose a major supplier of arms with the fall of London, Australian generals find ways to increase the firepower and protection of a rifle section to prolong and preserve life, and increase lethality. a proven platform lies in the M1 Garand and Australia starts locally producing license copies of the M1 Garand to replace the SMLE No1 Mk3.

USA have been experimenting with infantry protection and comes up with numerous designs of body armor & flak vests, leading Australia to buy large amounts of M1946 Flak Vests and issuing them to most frontline units. during late war and amongst Allied forces, Australia becomes one of the leading pioneers in issuing extra infantry protection to frontline units. rear echelon, reservists & support units still use webbing systems while enough Flak Vests get produced and delivered to equip the entire Army. there are plans for Australia to start locally producing Flak Vests...