Desert Armour Quotes

“In May 1936, Field Marshall Cyril Deverell became the new CIGS and continued his predecessors policies in regard to accelerated mechanization efforts. When Deverell took over, the British Army still had 13,000 horses and it was spending as much on new remounts as it was on new tank prototypes.”
― Robert Forczyk, Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41

“In May 1936, Field Marshall Cyril Deverell became the new CIGS and continued his predecessors policies in regard to accelerated mechanization efforts. When Deverell took over, the British Army still had 13,000 horses and it was spending as much on new recounts as it was on new tank prototypes.”
― Robert Forczyk, Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41