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Show Copper and Brass Are Playing a Vital Role 1 In United Nations Fight Against the Axis V.... . - - ' . - I I " '" eaaia t , i . ;so,""y f ?1 A Flying Fortress over Germany. : American Tanks aided in African Victory. . -' mw- tr.,g i I Our task forces annihilated Japs 1 on Buna Island. I Prom our titanic battleships which consume more than 2,000,000 pounds on down to small arms ammunition am-munition Copper and Brass are essential es-sential for our war armament and that which we are supplying to the other United Nations. More Copper Cop-per and Brass are being produced and used In the United States than ever before in Its history. Every pound of the red metal mined is fabricated into the sinews of war for fighting ships, cargo ships, planes, tanks and ammunition. Robert Patterson, Under Secretary Secre-tary of War, in a recent statement summed up in a single sentence the importance of these metals in this mechanized war wheu he said: "An Army without Copper, would be an Army without speed, maneuverability, maneu-verability, communications, or fire power it would not last a day in battle." ' A giant bomber consumes about 1,000 pounds of Copper and its alloys al-loys and its machine guns fire 300 rounds a minute. The cartridge cases are Brass. It takes seven tons of Copper for one minute of combat com-bat by 50 fighter planes. There are 2 miles of Copper wire in these skyfighters. Tanks, the fighting steel monsters, have a Copper and Brass content of more than 800 pounds each while a 37 mm. Anti-Aircraft Anti-Aircraft gun uses a ton of Brass every 20 minutes It is In action.'. These are but a few examples ofi the many uses of Copper and itsj alloys In this global war and the! reason these metals are no longer; available for peace-time use and may not be until after the uncondl-: tional surrender of the Axis Powers. Pow-ers. The Copper and Brass industry is conducting extensive research to Improve its metals for use by peace-time industries for our comforts com-forts and conveniences after peace again reigns. ' An interesting illustrated Bulletin Bul-letin on this subject has recently been published by the Copper & Brass Research Association, 420 Lexington Avenue. New York. |