THE MECHANISED ARMY.
cavalry on wheels.
WAR OFFICE EXPERIMENTS
( B r CABL2 —PP-ESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.) (AVSTP-ALUS AND K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received January yth, 9.5 p.m.)
LONDON, January 5.
With a view to the further mechanisation of the Army, the War Office proposes putting a portion of the cavalry upon wheels, says the Daily Telegraph." Two ideas will he tested on Salisbury Plain and at Aldershot during the coming spring. In one cases horses will lie stripped of all impedimenta exeept the man and his rifle, so that they will bo in the best possible fighting condition when they come in contact with iho enemy, while the material will follow on six-wheeled lorries. The other idea is more revolutionary. It is proposed that each cavalry regiment shall bo composed of two squadrons or horse find a squadron of fast whippet tanks accompanied by a fleet of last lorries carrying machine-guns anu their crews, which will enable cavalry to establish strategical points in force. The experiments will have an important hearing upon the supply of horses for use at Home and in India.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19201, 6 January 1928, Page 7
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