SOVIET TRAINING.
aerial and chemical defence. SHARPSHOOTERS AND PARACHUTISTS. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.32 p.m.) MOSCOW, Feb. 6. It is officially stated a million of Russia’s civil population have passed the tests for anti-aircraft and chemical defence. Nine hundred thousand have qualified as sharpshooters, and 400,000 performed parachute jumps from towers in preparation for aeroplane jumps.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 99, 7 February 1936, Page 6
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