AMERICAN DEFENCE
CONTRACT FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS TO BE MOUNTED ON FAST MOBILE UNITS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 7, 8.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 6. The War Department has awarded a 10,000,000 dollar contract for rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns sufficient to equip 32 regiments, for the defence of key cities. The guns will be mounted on mobile units capable of a speed of 50 miles an hour. They are to fire French 75 millimetre shells to a height of 30,000 feet.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21136, 8 September 1938, Page 7
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81AMERICAN DEFENCE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21136, 8 September 1938, Page 7
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