WAR TRANSPORT

Evening Star, Issue 25068, 8 January 1944, Page 8

WAR TRANSPORT

FAGTS WHICH SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED "I understand," said Mr Aneurin Bevan, M.P., " that the shipment of a United States armoured division abroad and putting it into action calls for shipping accommodation for about 3.700 tactical support planes, about 200 antitank guns, about 100 pieces of artillery, 80 mortars. 2,600 machine guns, 1,803 tractors, 477 trailers, 10 locomotives, 250 railway wagons, 400 tanks, 1,000 feet of pontoon bridge, 200 motor cycles, 925 combat cars, 133 field kitchens, and many tons of food, 750-tons of ammunition, .275 tons of miscellaneous appliances, telephone and radio equipment, 15,000 combat troops, plus 1,300 men for ambulance, repair shops, and so forth. " That is a verv formidable division to move about. The House should take advantage of this opportunity of complimenting both the American and British officers who have carried out these operations with such skill. I understand that it requires about 25 or 35 ships, on an American calculation, and about 7,000 tons of shipping, in our calculation, to carry one infantry division."