Perform drill with firearms for periods up to one hour (standing):

This drill is performed with the Service Rifle of the Australian Defence Force, the F88 Austeyr.  The F88 Austeyr weighs approx 3.6 kg depending on attachments.  Those cadets holding the rank of Cadet Under Officer (CUO) or undertaking the training to achieve this rank may carry the 1897 Pattern Infantry Sword weighing approx 2 kg, on ceremonial parades. For special occasions and ceremonial parades units may involve selected cadets in drill with firearms. 

Some units may not have access to the F88 Austeyr and will execute the drill with firearms with older innocuous firearms such as the .303 which weighs approx 6 kg or the SLR 5.5kg.  In these cases the Army Cadet Staff will select cadets who have the upper body strength to perform the movements without causing undue stress on smaller framed cadets.