LIGHT CRUISER TANKS
HUNDREDS FOR AUSTRALIA ORDERS PLACED IN AMERICA ■ MELBOURNE. June 10: Some hundreds of light cruiser tanks will be supplied to Australia from the United States. The first deliveries will soon come under the- Lease and Lend Act Mr PC. Spender (Army Minister) said to-day that the Government had placed an order for a large number of these' tanks, which had considerable fighting power. Availability would depend on. the rate of production, but it was confidently expected that they would begin to arrive soon. Meanwhile the Government was pressing forward the production of Australianmade tanks. ,v
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24632, 13 June 1941, Page 5
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