CANADIAN SCIENCE IN WAR
Rec. 9 a.m. MONTREAL, Feb 23 General McNaughton, addressing' the Engineering. Institute, disclosed that Canadian scientists began the developdS n5 nadEV n 19-38- °ther Products of Canadian science v/ere loneburning time fuses of remarkable accuracy for ranging armour-piercing shells for anti-tank guns which gave an extra margin of performance to penetrate the new heavily-armoured German tanks and self-propelled guns Canada had developed the production of tungsten, which formerly was found in quantities only in China and Portugal Mine-clearing methods had been perfected, and a Canadian design for radio fignal sets had been generally adopted by Britain and America. •
Referring to the possibility of the use of gas, General McNaughton said that the Canadian contribution to chemical war was ready.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 47, 24 February 1945, Page 7
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