WAR IN THE FUTURE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 29 August 1927, Page 5

WAR IN THE FUTURE.

USE OF TANKS. AN EXPERT’S OPINIONS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT LONDON 27. The operations of tne tames on Salisbury Plain are evoking widespread interest. . Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton, the- famous “Eye-witness” on the Western front, who watched the maneuvres, sums them up as follows: “In theatres such as mountainous forest and in countries where cross-country machines cannot function, the present methods of warfare must remain unchanged. but on Hat, open country the actual ligating will be done by tanks, until all such machines on either side are knocked out. “Cavalry and infantry will be useless. Within its scope the tank is master of the machine-gun, ami artillery will, to some extent, be converted into tanks of ispecal design. If this mechanised force attains mobility, efficiency and economy, life will be spared.” . . . A justification of this assertion is obtained by a oomparision of the losses in the Great War in places where tanks were employed and in places where they were not used. General Swinton says the resivit or England’s present experiments should be "'awaited by everylvodv with the area test interest .