BRITISH ARMY
FURTHER MECHANISATION PORTION OF CAVALRY UPON WHEELS By Telegraph.—Press association. Copyright. (Rec. January 5, 9.5 p.m.) London, January 5. With a view to the further iiiccanisation of the Army, the i, Office proposes putting a portion of the cavalry upon wheels, says the “Daily Telegraph.” Two ideas will be tested on Salisbury Plain and at Aldershot during the coming spring. In one case horses will be stripped of all impedimenta, except a man and his rifle,,so that they will be in the best possible fighting condition when they come in contact with the enemy, while material will follow on six-wheel-ed lorries. The other idea is more revolutionary. It is proposed that each cavalry regiment shall be composed of two squadrons of horse and a squadron of fast whippet tanks, accompanied by a fleet of fast lorries carrying machineguns and their crews, enabling the cavalry to establish strategical points in force. The experiments will have an important bearing upon the horse supply for Home and India.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 9
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