BRITISH ARMY CHANGES
; .mechanisation methods AIR DRILLS IN TRENCHES LONDON, August 14. Revolutionary changes in' the direction of army mechanisation are being ‘prepared at the War Office, says the newspaper the ‘ People. ' The constitution of the infantry brigades will undergo radiI'ffi changes it is stated, and pick-ahd-shovel trench digging will be a, thing of the past.' ‘ ’ . V - ,V- ■‘.'.'•.v.V-.-Infantrymen will - discard their .heavy packs, and will; be armed with one-man machine guns instead v o£ rifles, and the Royal Horse Artillery will lose their horses and the famous 13:.pounders in favour of petrol-driven wagons pulling 3.7 Brigades will consistof. a. heavy battalion, armed ' with heavy machine guns 1 and .trench mortars, and three light infantry battalions, armed .with the new-patteni: automatic- rifles and light machine guns. The Tatter will con- ! stitute’ the, ‘ frant-Une troops, with the' heavy battalion as rear support. ' • The Royal Engineers will, discard picks and shovels for. ’.pneumatic drills and mechanical ~ shovels, and •. will -be able ‘ todig trenches-in an; hour which, formerly took a week, t ; ’,•
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22353, 29 August 1934, Page 9
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