GERMAN SELFSEALING TANKS
NO SECRET The cabled statements relating to bullet-proof tanks being possessed by the Germans may come as news to those who know little of flying, but they are no surprise to airmen. The principle of the bullet-proof tank is that which was adopted to make a puncture-proof inner tube in a tyre. That is to say, the tank is surrounded with rubbed under compression and when the bullet passes through the rubber the compression causes the hole to be closed up. The British Air Ministry has been working on the perfection, of these tanks for some time, and while it might appear from the messages received here that the Germans have been somewhat ahead of
Britain ,in developing this protection, it should be realised that they have not stolen a march on us in applying the device. In the British Air Force the rubber under compression is enclosed between two casings of the tank:
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 9, 9 February 1940, Page 7
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