ARMAMENT: Size of the Job

The Army Ordnance department in Detroit last week issued an up-to-the-minute list of $2,700,000,000 in orders for mobile equipment. The breakdown, excluding Chrysler (see above):

Combat Vehicles (e.g., tanks, self-propelled guns, etc.): General Motors’ Cadillac, $439 million; Food Machinery & Chemical Corp., $177.5 million; American Locomotive Co., $200 million; American Car & Foundry Co., $100 million; Pacific Car & Foundry Co., $56 million; Massey-Harris Co., Ltd., $55 million; International Harvester Co., $243 million (including some tactical vehicles).

Tactical Vehicles (e.g., trucks, jeeps, etc.): Reo Motors, Inc., $65.2 million; Studebaker Corp., $76.6 million; Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., $95.5 million; Diamond T Motor Car Co., $52.5 million; International Harvester Co., $139 million; Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., $188 million; Truck & Coach Division of General Motors, $144 million.

Miscellaneous Orders (e.g., transmissions, tank track, trailers, etc.): Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., $23.5 million; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., $23.5 million; G.M.’s Allison Division, $26 million; Timken-Detroit Axle Co., $29 million; Fruehauf Trailer Co., $34 million; G.M.’s Chevrolet, $6 million; American Steel Foundries, $15.8 million; Continental Motors Corp., $95 million.