NEW TANKS ARRIVE
LIGHT AMERICAN VEHICLES I.ARCh XUMIJKMS AVAILABLE i.ariie numbers of light American tank*. usually called General Stuart, luiv;' arivid f<jr distribution to ~X-:-\v Zealand light armoured lighi ing vehicle re.ui nuM! Is. They are yet another >111 of the prog re achieved in recent months in greatly ;uiumenting the equipment t>i the ccimtry's home defence forces'. Very fast. of about II" 1 •_> tons, and with rubber tracks, they arc of a type 'which lias already been, sup>j)lied to Allied forces in various theatres of Avar, in addition to a shell gun they are armed with a number of machine guns ;tml an anti-air-craft piece. Some or the tanks are now at the ,\'ew Zealand Armoured Fighting Vehicle School, where tank experts art- putting them through their paces before they become a general issue to the light armoured vehicle regiments, formerly the mounted rides regiments. Others are being used by the Army Tank Brigade.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 77, 13 July 1942, Page 6
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155NEW TANKS ARRIVE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 77, 13 July 1942, Page 6
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