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...ministry's several hundred million-dollar U.S.-arms contracts. Though his domestic arms buildup is going so slowly that he seems unlikely to spend the $2.5 billion allotted him this year, Strauss announced last week that he was cutting back from 700 to 400 the number of M48 tanks ordered in the U.S. because of the increased burden on his budget of the troop-support settlement with Britain...
Tanks: The Soviets have equipped all major combat units with the diesel-powered, 53-ton T-54, which has a range of 250 miles, cruises at 30 m.p.h., carries a 100-mm. gun. U.S. officials concede that the T-54 is superior to its closest U.S. equivalent-the M48 Patton (49 tons, range 90 miles, high-velocity 90-mm. gun)-but they believe the T-54 may prove too heavy for effective use. are themselves looking for a fast new 30-ton tank. In the Moscow parade the Soviets also showed an antiaircraft tank, as big and mobile...
CHRYSLER, which lost a big chunk of its defense business when General Motors took over as sole supplier of Patton M48 medium tanks last year, will soon be back in medium-tank production. By underbidding G.M., Chrysler won a new $160,600,000 Army contract for 1,800 Pattons to be produced at its Newark, Del. plant, has also landed a $22 million contract for experimental work on the Army's secret "Redstone" ground-to-ground guided missile...
...Army is having trouble with its medium (48½-ton) M-47 tank, turned out by General Motors. The bug is a defective transmission screw in 6,450 M-47 and M48 tanks. On rough terrain, it drops loose and damages the transmission. Cost of repairs and replacement: over...
...Army last week announced a $200 million contract award to General Motors for building M48 medium tanks, now being built by both G.M. and Chrysler. G.M.'s bid was 12% below that of Chrysler, which will continue building the tanks at Newark, Del. until next April. In line with Defense Secretary Charles E. Wil son's "single, efficient producer"concept, G.M. will become the nation's sole producer of tanks by next spring, having al ready won the bidding for the M41 light tank. Future orders for heavy tanks, such as the T-43, will also...