London, Jan, 3.
steps for further mechanization of the British Army have been planned by the Secretary for War. Mr. L. Here-Belisha, and are to be put into effect as soon as possible, it is reported by the "Daily Herald" this morning.
It is intended this year to equip half the infantry battalions with machine-guns instead of rifles, Hundreds of fast tanks are to be provided so that military operations can be speeded up. and 8,000 horses in the artillery are to be replaced by tractors, The air defence branch of the Territorial Army is to be equipped with most modern anti-aircraft guns, searchlights and detecting apparatus.
The "Daily Herald" declares that the Secretary for War intends to mechanize the army to such an extent that half a dozen men will possess the fighting strength of a whole battalion,—Trans-Ocean.
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