WAR PRODUCTION
7423 Planes In Six Months In America TANKS 225 PER MONTH Reed. 1 p.m. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. The production of light tanks has increased many times since the beginning of the year, and it is learned that upward of 225 a month arcbeing delivered. Moreover, it is revealed that increases in medium tanks are 237 per cent, machine-guns G9 per cent, smokeless powder 12'': per cent, T.N.T. 46 per cent, bombing planes 4G per cent, and training planes 40 per cent. The total aeroplane deliveries in six months are 7423.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 187, 9 August 1941, Page 7
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