Army Inventions Board
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The Australian Army Inventions Board was set up in 1942 to handle the thousands of inventions submitted by the public. These inventions numbered some 27,000 and only 127 were eventually accepted by the army as being of notable value or suitable for military purposes. The most famous invention being the Owen Gun which took a few years to get off the ground.
The Army Inventions Directorate, AID has been criticised over the years for its intransigence and its monolithic attitude to innovation. This is perhaps a little unfair considering the political and military climate of the day. Perhaps it is better to applaud the fact that a government body was actually set up to encourage members of the public to submit their ideas.
The Army Inventions Directorate also known as the Army Inventions Board was located at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne.
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