And it should be mentioned that historically, the Australian government has condemned mercenaries and even sought to prosecute Australians who have worked as mercs (there was one case decades ago where an ex-Aussie Army soldier was helping the Karen rebels in Burma and the Aussie govt made it almost impossible for him to return to Australia without getting arrested).
This dislike has also extended to PMCs with some Australian former military personnel, having applied to join PMCs, being told that they are no longer welcome in the Australian military.
So yeah, the Merc: 2000 books suffer from the writers not knowing much about Australia (the list of Australian military smallarms is a perfect example).
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