U.S. ARTILLERY TESTED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21548, 30 October 1944, Page 4

U.S. ARTILLERY TESTED

REPLICA OF “WEST WALL” SUPERIORITY IN WEAPONS (11a.m.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 2f. Duplicates of the Siegfried Line fortifications were built in Maryland, ii the United States, to try out American ammunition that was to blast the pillboxes. This Was revealed to a correspondent at Supreme Allied Headoua'rte'rs by Major-General S. B. Say16r, chief of the United States OidnanCe Service in thb European theati e of operations when he stated: “I can honestly and definitely say that we have superior weapons that will eventually bring the enemy to unconditional surrender. Our weapons a:e more powerful and more accurate and can hurl projectiles at greater range than any comparable pieces the Germans can muster.”. French civilian firms are now overhauling tanks, engineers are retreading tyres arid servicing batteries and captured German 88 m.m. guns arc being turned on the enemy by the Americans fighting along the Siegfried Line. ~ ~ ... Major-General Sayler said that the war would end with one and a hail months’. supplies in hand. The ora nance service in liberated France ana Belgium had eight depots covering Br,G square miles, with 730 roads, and could deal with 14,000 tons a day. A total of 1,600,000 tons had been received in France. The- American forces have fired 50 rounds ot ammunition per second since the sta<t of the invasion.