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A technical and historical survey of motor vehicles and their application to modern warfare, covering early development, civilian industrial motors, buses and lorry types, trials and manoeuvres, field experiences, ambulance operations, ammunition and artillery transport, armoured cars, procurement and organization of military motor transport, national comparisons, subsidy-type vehicles, transport motors used by continental armies, and emergency measures for mobilization. It assesses vehicle performance, fuel consumption and daily mileages, reports on practical trials and active-service lessons, and offers recommendations for provisioning, deployment and doctrine for military motor transport.

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Title: Motor Transports in War

Author: Horace Wyatt

Release date: January 6, 2018 [eBook #56323]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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MOTOR TRANSPORTS IN WAR


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WAR BOOKS

Cloth 1/- net each Post free 1/3 each

HOW THE WAR BEGAN
By W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D., and J. M. KENNEDY

THE FLEETS AT WAR
By ARCHIBALD HURD

THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN
By GEORGE HOOPER

THE CAMPAIGN ROUND LIEGE
By J. M. KENNEDY

IN THE FIRING LINE
Battle Stories told by British Soldiers at the Front.
By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK

GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD
By STEPHEN CRANE
Author of “The Red Badge of Courage.”

BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT
The glorious story of their Battle Honours.

THE RED CROSS IN WAR
By M. F. BILLINGTON

FORTY YEARS AFTER
The Story of the Franco-German War. By H. C. BAILEY.
With an Introduction by W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D.

A SCRAP OF PAPER
The Inner History of German Diplomacy.
By E. J. DILLON

HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR
A companion volume to “How the War Began,” telling how the world faced Armageddon and how the British Army answered the call to arms.
By J. M. KENNEDY

AIR-CRAFT IN WAR
By ERIC STUART BRUCE

HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM
By EDMUND DANE

FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS
By REGINALD HODDER

THE RETREAT TO PARIS
By ROGER INGPEN

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE
By MARR MURRAY

THE SUBMARINE IN WAR
By C. W. DOMVILLE-FIFE

MOTOR TRANSPORTS IN WAR
By HORACE WYATT

THE SLAV NATIONS


MOTOR TRANSPORTS
IN WAR

BY

HORACE WYATT

ADVISOR ON HEAVY MOTORS TO “THE AUTOCAR”;
CONSULTING EDITOR OF “MOTOR TRACTION”;
HON. SEC. OF THE IMPERIAL MOTOR TRANSPORT COUNCIL, ETC.

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