CONSTRUCTION OF TANKS
■ SOME POWBRTOJr MACSINJJS BUILT. ; London, September 11.-. Sir. Eustace Temiyson-d'Eyncourt, ; Director of Naval 'Construction at tho : Admiralty, in .in address to tho British •Association, said there ■ were thirteen i varioties of tanks. One of the latest i was constructed to enable a six-pounder, or six-inch 'hoivitzer to bo carried'on the top, ami quickly dismounted when tho ■ desired position was reached. Another . 1 would cany fifty men, or.ten 1 tons of 1 supplies. Altogether, 3030 tanks wore produced, including 245 whippets; and over 100 were used simultaneously in action.—Aiw.-N.is. Cable Assn. . . 'i
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 299, 13 September 1919, Page 7
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94CONSTRUCTION OF TANKS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 299, 13 September 1919, Page 7
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