two-thirds medium and one-third light.
     You will see that this programme involves a very considerable increase of 75 mm. guns,
which will be a difficulty. But it is possible to require from Great Britain and the Dominion of
Canada an increased production of 6-pdr. guns which could be substituted for 75 mm. guns.
     Both Britain and Canada would require some assistance in materials and possibly in the
permission to place sub-contracts in the United States.
     The anti-tank gun is one of the most important productions for defence purposes and also
for attack.
     On October 1st last Britain possessed three times as many anti-tank guns as the United
States. The British necessities for 1942 amount to 15,000 anti-tank guns.
     To be on the same basis as Great Britain, it would be necessary to produce here 17,000
guns in the year 1942. But the basis is not at all comparable. United States' necessities far exceed
Britain's. And the output capacity of the United States is in every respect greater than that of the
United Kingdom. In fact, the British programme is not a complete unit at all. It is a programme
which relies entirely on assistance from the United States.
     The present United States programme of anti-tank guns is 7,000 guns, with possibly 4,700
added when the target is increased.
 
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