Contributions of Industry to Ordnance Tank-Automotive Engineering

ORGANIZATION of the Office of Chief of Ordnance and its vital role in supplying needed equipment and materiel to the Armed Forces is discussed by Col. Colby, who describes how the modernization of military vehicles by the Ordnance Department is helping to win World War II.

By stressing the development of those components which make up a machine, Ordnance has been able quickly to turn out a new vehicle with new tactical concept that supersedes in mechanical reliability and efficiency.

It has carried out the aim of development in “achieving more with less.”