BELGIAN DEFENCES.
NEW ANTI-TANK DEVICE. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Tho Brussels correspondent of the New York Times says that, anticipating a lightning tank invasion similar to that in Poland, Belgium has constructed an ingenious modern Chinese wall along her main defence lines. “I have just seen sections in the Namur-Liege line,” he writes, “comprising movable steel gates six feet high, mounted on rollers like those used on tennis courts and anchored by cables to strong rails set in concrete. Unable to surmount the obstacle, the tank becomes ensnared, offering an easy target. “Tlie Belgians claim that artillery can blow the gates skyhigh, yet they return to the same place and continue to function They can easily be rolled to other lines.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 285, 2 November 1939, Page 9
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121BELGIAN DEFENCES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 285, 2 November 1939, Page 9
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