_TRIBU TE TOs. ~ ORDNANCE © Maj. Gen. the North and Normandy “It is not the show." The B.S. Hughes; African, a most veteran of Sicilian, operations true 4O-MM GUN that stated the important that generals run. of the sup=_ part ply game is carried on by petriotic. men and women workers in Army Ordnance depots in the United States. | “Somebody makes designs a gun, a gun,somebody eral Hughes never in the get the the package, thousands in of items the never somebody identifies the the is and theatres unless puts and Gen- that work done overseas results papers, a gun” declared,"but satisfactorily people somebody ships marks will of arrive in forcign theatres so that somebody knows what they are. "Take any package of Ordnance equipment reaching Great Britain, which has been shipped across from some port in the United States. It moves to 2 depot where bulk shipments are broken down, Stored, binned, and then it moves to a port where equipment is put on a LST, LCT, or a barge, and then it movese geross the channel to a beach. “It is an extraordinarily supply gat, a large must stantly fight, 2nd adequate ammunition. in trucks ian of supplies until finally today the these quantities re-handled some French ers Ogden in at the Army States put in a box, Ordnance and other : to tell civilian Ordnance us what how many in the worke- depots hus box, been and idsntify it in some way so that we ca find it and use it. I am perfectly delighted with the results of the fine work being workers on accomplished the’ home by front. Ry of action The reason that for some of this the accuracy ‘Mate of for of aim this gun. requirement fastest against our ground in effeetive range a few seconds. The and importance is planes used troops remain withe. for not more than | | | Tire: is Y20 to yas rounds a minute. | | ae Leaving the funnelemouthed gun at the high velocity of 2,850 feet a scce ond, the projectile can be fired ina virtually straight trajectory up to 5,280 yards. It has a maximum horizon-~ tal range of 11,000 yards. | | Its sensitive nose fuze will go off if it nits even the thin fabric of an airplane a wing, frretion of tile misses matically exploding the charge a second, If its mark,it in the the explodes in projece auto- sir, QUESTIONS are Conerete Foromen made And dogs a Steamfitter Do they erate the crating And nail them on the of conerete? fit stcam? carpenters, beam? dusty "And out of all of that turmoil of Shipment and trans-shipment, we must on Speed is of prime and (23-ton amphib- and muddy tomorrow. depend dirsee. 5 degrees automatic gun is the Army's deadly. defensive weapon against low-flying atrersft, It is equally effective agesinst armore ed vehicles, then hedgerows, purpose, in any tion from ‘straight. up to below horizontal, the 40-mm con- of guns large by to duel simed must a beaches, andled and dumped in surrounded who have supply and “Ducks" job of men must Across trucks )move pasture difficult foree rugged, capable of being packing hundreds which Fast. firing, Italian Ordnance . Does every Grade become 2 class? Don't the Ungraded go to school? Does every Senior Laborer have A little Jr, Laborer too? Is the Wire Chief made of wire? Is the Repuirman Instrument 2a tool? Do they salute the General Foreman? Or who are they trying to fool!! eeMac Mangus Classification