not fully utilize the additional productive capacity available in 1942. 
 
The supplies discussed below which are to be produced with this additional 
 
1942 capacity can be adjusted within the limitations of production 
 
possibilities both to suit the strategical needs of 1942, and to serve
 
as a basis for 1943 production.
 
          a. Aircraft
 
          The additional aircraft, which there is a possibility
 
     of producing in 1942, are:
 
               250 Heavy Bombers
               500 Medium Bombers
               900 Light Reconnaissance & Dive Bombers
               1,000 Fighters
 
     Assuming the delivery of the great majority in the last quarter of
 
     1942, the prospective striking force by the end of 1942 becomes:
 
                                         Heavy Bombe rs                      1,600
                                         Medium Bombers                    2,100
                                         Light Reconnaissance &
                                              Dive Bombers                     3,500
                                         Fighters                                    5,300
 
     b. Ammunition for Aircraft
 
     The possibility of increasing the production in 1942
 
of small arms ammunition of the types and calibers required for the 
 
increase in the aircraft striking force to the figures shown in 
 
paragraph 4a seems at present to be barely sufficient to meet the 
 
needs of this force. Increase in production of bombs in 1942 is 
 
almost entirely a question of increasing the output of explosives. 
 
Cal. .50 ammunition and T.N.T. are the choke items which must be 
 
loosened in planning increased productive capacity.
 
          c. Tanks
 
                       The additional tanks, which it is proposed to produce in
 
1942, are:
 
     150 Heavy
     6,000 Medium
     3,000 Light
 
 
 
 
 
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