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Excerpt from Weapons: Marine Infantry Battalion; T. O. Approved 1 July, 1942 Strategy and tactics of warfare have been considerably affected by the rapid strides made in the development of modern weapons, especially the airplane, the-.tank, and other armored vehicles. The high mobility and tremendous striking power of these weapons have caused attention to be focused on them to such a degree that many laymen believe the impor tance of the infantry arm in modern warfare is negligible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.