European nations were in a mad scramble for superiority of the air with production of military aircraft going forward at top speed in most countries, Latest estimates of the number of available military aeroplanes showed "Russia leading the feld with about 5,500. Italy was said to be second with nearly 4,000 combat planes that could be pressed into service almost instantly. Germany was believed to have 3300, Britain 2,000, Fra 2,100, Poland 450, Czechoslovakia 550, Yugoslavia 420 and Austria 300.
"War equipment at present being held under cover but which would be used to the full in a world conflagration. included:
1. Poison gases, most feared of all weapons and held to be the greatest menace to civilian populations.
2. Flame throwers, mounted on speedy armoured tanks, which belch Streams of fire of tremendous heat, said to be capable of incinerating a man like a fly in an acetylene torch.
37 Bacteriological warfare, or the spreading of disease through missiles or "sprays" released from aeroplanes, which some military experts believed would develop into the cruellest means of attack in history.
4. Motorized cavalry, troops equipped with speedy, easily manceuvres mech-anice! conveyances capable of delivering a swift, surprise blow at an army's flank and of speeding to the site of any emergency—United Press. xc£OMMANDERS GET
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