Revolution in Military Tactics by Mechanization of Land Forces: The Tidworth Experiments London, Mar. 8.
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The House of Commons then adopted the Army Estimates, actually march a great distance to battle on foot but will be carried by air or motor-vehicles was contemplated by the Secretary of State for War, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, in introducing in the House Commons to-day the Army Estimates for 1928, which amount to £11,050,000, or £515,000 less than in 1927, The Secretary for War declared that the additional mobility, and carrying power of mechanical vehicles, together with the striking force of tanks, were creating a revolution in military tactics, The general officer commanding a series of experiments in mechanized warfare at Tidworth had reported that the results had exceeded expectations. They had learned more by actual experiment than by years of speculation. was impossible, Sir Laming continued, to abolish horses altogether, but the mobility of cavalry had been increased by part of a horse's load being transferred ts
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