Fewer Men but More Machines
British Army Estimates
Times Cable. LONDON, Saturday
The Army estimates for 1929 show a reduction of £ 500,000, which does not seem large, but extensive economies have already been effected. Any further substantial reductions are hampered by the expensive change to a mechanical basis. The personnel is gradually being diminished, with the increase in machine-guns and fighting vehicles, but the savings flow into the prbvision of modern armaments. The estimates in particular include provision for a mosquito fleet of light armoured fighting machines, new fast transport, additional artillery types, and increased quotas of machine-guns. The actual maintenance cost has almost reached the pre-war level.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 579, 4 February 1929, Page 9
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108Fewer Men but More Machines Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 579, 4 February 1929, Page 9
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