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GROUND FORCES INSTALL EQUIPMENT. 



ABOVE. Bow of the battleship "Arkansas" with 

 Army Ground Force equipment in place. A contrast 

 in weapons is presented by the lethal gun of the 

 M-26 heavy tank on the port bow, the 12-inch 

 rifles of the "Arkansar," center, and the Mark 36 

 90-mm gun mortar carriage on the starboard side 

 of the ship. The rugged supports seen on the 

 starboard deck and on the top of the gun turret, 



center, are bases for aluminum foil gages, yet to 

 be installed, used to measure shock wave. Ground 

 Forces equipment placed on various target ships 

 for exposure to the explosion included heavy tanks, 

 delicate radar and sound devices, flashproof cloth- 

 ing, fresh and canned rations, fuel and lubricants, 

 numerous kinds of ammunition. OPPOSITE. Offi- 

 cers and a group of enlisted men attached to the 

 Army Ground Force Group. 



