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Caption: Convocation - 1942 Winter-Spring
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> / ity Win procurement oi supplies, th ) re| rl dii i i the I nciei try < \\ ar t irding all mattei > pi urement t ro clecentrali c and thereb) facilitate pi urement, th< nation h. been divid< I b) the chief of each suppl) service inl pn ui ment s dist I . rhe numbci oi districts vari< with < h In to th equirements the procurement problem and th« tph | dist ition of pi spective manufacturin tcilttu rhc number i distri< s is not the same foi each sei \ ice, V-w let us hi -i]\ summari i the principal roll i each arm and service in this ^ u Vxm) team which is pi vided t tl defen if »>ur n a t i o n . The Vir and Armored I rces hav< already been mentioned. In th< \ir I s the \n c'«»rps now assumes the responsibility for | urn 1 n essary supplii and equipment. 1 < rhe Cavalr) insists ol highlj mobile ground units I th h < md in hanized. Horse cavaln is characterized l>\ a high decree of t ttle irhl mobility ; it can operate over almost am terrain undei ill Iitions of weather, It is equipped with weapons similar to those th< nfantr) : it has scout cars t'or reconnaissan* and motor ti ns] rt for suppl). Morse cavaln habitually maneuvers mounted hut ordinarih fights m foot. It is not usuall) employed against objectives which i |uir the sustained power of Infantry. In cooperation with units of the \ir I rce, it locates the enemy, maintains contact with him, and pn ures essential information for the higher commander which the Vii I • cannot obtain. The Coast Axtiller) Corps is characterized h\ the great amount i in it can deliver a dnst naval and air targets, Its armament ( n pri es fix< I and mobile seacoast artillery, antiaircraft artillery, and ubmarine mint . I ed seacoast artillery has great power and range, Its stability permits real accuracy of fire. Its elaborate and precise fix< I equ ment permits h hl\ effective fire control and fire direction, Mobile s icoast artillery comprises railway, truck, M\^\ tract < ( iwn artillery, MI the battlefield these types are capable of moviti Ion distances at fairly rapid rates. On the battlefield, however, th* mobility low and the) require considerable time to empla \ In field ) i« rations these typ< ma} serve as Army or i!I U n erve artillen » Antiaircraft artillery is equipped with antiaircraft gun* automatic \ M , hlighti detectors, sound-locators, A\\^\ the equipment equired foi ob rvation, fire control, and signal communication, In DO] ition with the An Force it supports and protects the othei arm and important in illations ;i tinst hostile ail observation and II I h in also ute antitank ^\\\<\ othei ground mi ions when
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