U. S. Army Guns
Proving Superior
To Red Weapons
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(Editor’s note: .Following is
the third .in a series of six ar
ticles comparing a U. S. Army
combat infantry division with the
infantry division of the Soviet
Russian Army.)
A study of weapons and vehicles
of a U. S. Army infantry division and
a Russian infantry division shows
the superiority of the American unit.
It underlines the fact that a Soviet
division —unlike a U. S. division —is
not a balanaced team of combined
arms.
The U. S. division has three times
as many tanks as the Russian unit —
144 compared to 44.
The U. S. infantry division has ap
proximately 19,000 small caliber wea
pons—rifles, pistols, machinegnms—
compared to approximately 10,500 for
tiie Russian unit.
The U. S. infantry division has 210
artillery pieces—including 105 and
155-millimeter howitzers and 57, 75,
and 105-millimeter fecoilless rifles.'
The Russian force has 165 artillery
pieces, ranging from a 37-millimeter
anti-aircraft gun to a 122-millimeter
howitzer.
While the U. S. division has 15,0
mortars, the Russian division has 111
mortars—and while the American uivjrtf
has 555 rocket launchers, the
force has only 36.
A Russian division has 27 anti
aircraft machineguns compared to 64
in the U. S. divisions.
Russian firepower “points” are in
creased considerably by the number of
submachineguns in a Soviet infantry
division —2,997. This compares with
970 in aU. S. infantry division. These
weapons are effective only at short
ranges and are of value only in close
quarters.
Individual arms of American sold
iers are the world’s best and are far
superior to Russian weapons.
The Ml (Garand) rifle, standard is
sue for the U. S. infantrymen, is a
fast-firing, highly accurate, fool-proof
weapon. The Russian counterpart is
the cal. .30 M 1944 manually-operated,,
bolt-action, 5-shot rifle whose accur
acy leaves much to be desired.
U. S. machineguns have undergone
steady improvement and are very ac
curate as well as fast-firing. The
Russian heavy machinegun is basical
ly a 1910 model and is mounted on
a clumsy two-wheeled mount.
The Russians, Chinese, and North
Koreans have no equivalent of the
U. S. .30-caliber carbine.
Jammed guns as result of faulty
cartridges are rare in the U. S. Army,
but faulty cartridge cases cause so
many stoppages in the Russian army
that they are a serious problem. Each
Russian rifleman carries a cleaning
rod at all times, and its primary pur
pose is to drive stuck cartridge cases
out of the chamber of his gun.
American mortar crews can fire ef
fectively regardless of whether they
can see a target. Russian mortar
crews have little flexibility and can
cover ground only to their immediate
front. U. S, mortarmen can shift
their fire to any point withlightning
like speed. One U. S. platoon
cover effectively the same ground that
would require the efforts of several
Russian mortar platoons.
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have made it possible for U. S. infan
trymen to carry their own artillery in
to battle. No longer do they have
to call for artillery on small tar
gets of opportunity, for these hard
hitting mobile weapons can do the job
to perfection. This “ihip pocket” ar
tillery consists of 57-millimeter, 75-
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less rifles. The Russians and Russian
satellites have nothing to compare to
them except the 57-millimeter recoil
less rifle which is a copy of the U. S.
weapon.
Catherine Foster Weds
George Joseph Woods
I The marriage of Miss Catherine
i Ruth Foster, daughter of Mrs. John
, H. Foster and the late Mr. Foster, of
; Durants Neck, to George Joseph
Woods, son of Mrs. Avis Lilly of Eliza,
beth City, took place Saturday, Decem
ber 20, at 2:00 P. M., at the home of
; the Rev. Firman A. Cuthrell, pastor
of the Bearea Baptist Church.
The bride wore a beige suit with
dark brown accessories and a corsage
of American Beauty Roses.
Mrs. Horace Gregory was maid of
■ honor and only attendant. She wore
a light blue suit with black acces
i sories and a corsage of yellow roses.
[ Horace Gregory of Elizabeth City
, was best man.
The bride attended Perquimans High
■ 'School and is nqw employed at the
• Camden County Welfare Department
■ as clerk-typist. The bridegroom at
tended Central High School and is
I now serving in the Navy at Camjp Le
jeune, N. C.
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