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arms as Britain and Russia together.
     But it has been assumed in the tables which follow that the United States requirements will
be no higher than those of Britain. This assumption is manifestly absurd.
     Even so, it will be seen that when the external requirements of Russia, the total
requirements of Britain and this purely arbitrary figure for United States requirements are set
against the total planned production of the United States, Canada and Britain, the deficits are
considerable.
     If it would be convenient to supply a list of the actual requirements of the United States,
then it would be shown that the deficits are, in fact, overwhelming.
 
 
TANKS
1942 Requirements:
British                       19,000
Russian                                              16,500
United States- assumed figure            19,000
                         54,500
 
 
1942 Production:
            U.S., U.K. & Canada         44,000
 
     Deficit                  10,500
 
AIRCRAFT (Bombers, Fighters, etc.)
 
1942 Requirements:
British                                           34,700
Russian                                             6,000
United States- assumed figure      34,707
                                                  75,400
 
1942 Production:
            U.S., U.K. & Canada         48,670
 
     Deficit                                    26,730
 
ARTILLERY (Anti-aircraft, Field, Anti-tank)
 
1942 Requirements:
           British                                     31,300
           Eu s s i an                                 9,000*
           United States- assumed figure 31,300
                         71,600
 
1942 Production:
             U.S., U.K. & Canada   49, 000
 
     Deficit                  22,600
 
*The Russian requirements are confined entirely to anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns, as they have
35,000 field guns and require no more.
 
 
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