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              U.S. PRODUCTION- CALANDAR YEAR 1942
                                
     (U.S. part of the information on which the discussions
         in the memorandum "Supply for 1942" are based)
 
     Supplies            Present             Tentative
                         Schedules           Increase
Aircraft (complete)
     Heavy Bombers       2,156                    250
     Medium Bombers      3,757                    500
     Light Reconaissance and Dice Bombers 7,548        900
     Fighters            11,097                   1,000
 
Tanks (complete)
     Heavy                    166                 150
     Medium              13,721                   6,000
     Light                    6,524                    3,000
 
A.P. Ammunition
     Cal. 50 (Unit 1000)      1,001,996           100,000
     20mm (Unit 1000)         12,985                   9,000
     37mm to 4.5" (Unit 1000) 37,092                   25,000
 
Anti-Tank Artillery
     37mm                6,374                    3,900
     3"                  600                 800
 
Machine Guns (less Aircraft)
     Cals. .30 and .50 ground 135,541             50,000
     Cal. .50 AA              34,200                   20,000
 
Anti-Aircraft Weapons
     37mm and 40mm       4,490                    800
     90mm                1,789                    800
 
     (Source: Present schedules, Bureau of Research and Statistics, Office
of Production Management, December 23, 1941. Tentative Increase, Production
Branch, Office of the Under Secretary of War.)
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