THE BRITISH ARMY
i NEED FOR EFFICIENCY. i i , I THI MOBIL! BRIGADE. I FULLY-MEGHANISED INFANTRY. i __ (omcm wmmn.) ' 1 (Received March I'l, 3.15 pm.) ‘ RUGBY. March 16. In introducing the Army Estimates in the House of Commons Mr A. DuffiCoope‘r said that the experiences of the last twelve years. a period generally regarded as one of peace, but during which hardly a single year had passed without some special and unexpected situation arising to inter‘fere with the normal activities of the Army, should convince the House that an Expeditionary Force equipped to ‘the highest point of efficiency must. at all times be' maintained. Dealing with the contemplated developments he said it had been decided that a mobile brigade. containing only one tank regiment, would be lacking in punch and protective power, and in future the mobile brigade would consist of a l‘ully-mechanised infantry battalion. ——__.._
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20145, 17 March 1937, Page 8
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