STRENGTH OF GERMAN TANKS
USE OF PLYWOOD ALLEGED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
(INDEPENDENT CABLE SEBTICX.) LONDON, March 9. In the House of Commons, Mr A. Edwards (Labour) asked the Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain) what proportion* of German army tanks were made of plywood. He declared that a British motorist who was driving along a lane in Germany turned a corner and crashed into a tank, which fell to pieces. The tank proved to be made of plywood. A tank officer poked his head out of the wreckage and advised the motorist to go away. Mr Chamberlain did not answer.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22657, 11 March 1939, Page 15
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