MOTORISED ARMY.
HORSE BEING REPLACED. LONDON, Sept. 27. The Daily Mail says: Following the success of the mechanisation of Army units, including a squadron of the Third Hussare, tested at the manoeuvres on September 19, the War Office is replacing the Army’s .horses as fast as money is available, although it is retaining a few cavalry units because of Imperial commitments, notably on the Indian frontier, where horses are essential, says the Daily .Mail. Engineers and signallers, if money is available, will be without horses within a period of three years. Artillery motorisation will be completed in five years. The Army is moving toward a mobile division capable of travelling from 120 to 150 miles a day, and a mechanised infantry division capable of covering 40 miles a day compared'with the present 15 miles.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 258, 28 September 1935, Page 9
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134MOTORISED ARMY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 258, 28 September 1935, Page 9
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