The first big batch of orders since the Korean war was placed last week by the Army Ordnance Department. From Detroit, where the staff of the tank arsenal runs the show for automotive ordnance, contracts went out for tank-type vehicles of the same family as the new light tank to be built by Cadillac (TIME, July 31). American Car & Foundry Co. (Berwick, Pa.) and the Massey-Harris Co. (Racine, Wis.) will build howitzer carriages, the International Harvester Co. (Melrose Park, Ill.) armament personnel carriers, and the Pacific Car & Foundry Co. (Renton,...
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