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...Aerosphere foresees cannon displacing machine guns almost completely as plane armament before the war ends. "The steel men are manufacturing better armor plate, against which only guns of high caliber can be pitted, calibers which may run as high...
...continued to land in Tunis and Bizerte. Enemy tanks operated along the coast as far south as Sfax. But by Nov. 24 the gamble still looked good, as a British column neared Mateur, as British and French troops took Medjez-el-Bab. Sandwiched in between them British and U.S. armor rolled ahead. By the night of Nov. 26 the Allies had occupied Tébourba...
German low-flying-plane attacks redoubled. Destruction of bridges, roads and transport delayed the Allies. Axis strength by now was estimated to have reached some 20,000, including considerable armor. Then, on Nov. 30, the Allies were repulsed in a charge on the hill of Jefna...
Coatesville, Pa. is a quiet little town of narrow streets, dozens of musty, old-fashioned saloons and only one real claim to fame: Lukens Steel Co., a small, smart, fast-growing outfit which is now one of the largest U.S. makers of armor plate. Last week Lukens announced it had quadrupled plate output in the year ended Oct. 10, turned out enough armor for a dozen warships (battleships, cruisers, carriers) and hundreds of army tanks to boot...
When war broke out Lukens was a natural-for one thing its big mill could roll plates twice as thick and 40 in. wider than anyone else. So the Navy placed orders for battleship armor up to 9½ in. thick, welded marine-engine blocks and submarine parts; the Army ordered light tank armor, antiaircraft gun bases, other fabricated steel parts. To boost output faster Defense Plant Corp. okayed a $25,000,000 plant expansion (total plant in 1940: $8,385,000). Result: in 1939-42 Lukens almost tripled employment to 6,000, quadrupled sales to $47,000,000, multiplied...