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In pictures: Inside the weapons expo that sparked unrest in Melbourne

Allanah Sciberras, Emily Bennett and Josh Hohne

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The Land Forces Expo at Melbourne's convention centre sparked the city's biggest protests in decades. Here's some of the hardware the demonstrators were up in arms about.

A new M1A2 Abrams tank on the showroom floor.

Several kinds of shells are on display in front of the tank, to show prospective buyers how the armour-piercing rounds fit together.

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One of the roof-mounted turret guns on the Abrams tank.

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More of the armaments on board the Abrams tank.

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BAE Systems unveiled a new uncrewed ground vehicle called the Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System - or ATLAS for short.

The eight-wheeled vehicle features a roof-mounted turret and can go on and off-road.

Attribution: The Age
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This truck-shaped vehicle with missiles on the back is made by Korean manufacturers Chunmoo, and is used by the Australian Defence Force.

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Another angle of the mobile missile launcher.

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Another armoured vehicle made by South Korean company Hanwha.

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Hanwha also makes an armoured fighting vehicle called the "redback" named after Australia's lethal spider.

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A Lockheed Martin display shows off two of their precision strike missiles.

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Boeing - known more to civilians for the 737 passenger jets - also makes Drone aircraft for the armies of the world.

Attribution: The Age
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