The Archive · 1939

U.S. Army Orders 329 New Tanks

Over $4,800,000 to Be Spent On Mechanical Weapons Washington, Oct. 5.

The United States Army has ordered the purchase of 329 new tanks at a cost of fearly $4,800,000 (approximately £1,200,000), according to the "New York Times This, says the newspaper, marks the first move by the Army to acci lorate the process of mechanization of its ground forces, in view of the rapid German drive through Poland, which demonstrated the efficiency of tanks in modern warfare.

The new tanks are described as the latest type, weighing nearly twelve tons each.—Reuter Island, San Fra 'The' F.C.C. not yet received! the complaint sent by General Electric Ca. yesterday, but pointed out that Japan was a signatory to the Madrid Telecommunication Convention of 1932 and the Cairo revision of 1938.

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