LIGHT EQUIPMENT
JAPANESE INVADERS EFFECTIVE NEW MORTAR. Singapore, Dec. 18. All reports emphasise the lightness of the equipment of the Japanese. Pilots who attacked in the first landing parties at Kotabaru said the men seemed to have only uniforms, rifles and ammunition. Subsequent reports from troops who have encountered the Japanese state that they were carrying the lightest rations and arms. Their rifles fire a .05 nickel bullet. They are also using a new type o' light mortar which is most effective in the rubber-jungle country. The heaviest items oi Japanese arms are a light tank and also a type of two-man machine-gun carrier. The invaders are employing camouflage effectively by day. emerging from hiding at night.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 301, 22 December 1941, Page 3
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117LIGHT EQUIPMENT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 301, 22 December 1941, Page 3
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