U. S. New Tank Engine
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Title (Dublin Core)
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U. S. New Tank Engine
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Our Medium Tanks Gets a New Engine with Lots of Zip
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OFF Ford assembly lines has
come a tank engine that our
fighting men hail as an Axis beater.
It has what it takes to triumph in
armored warfare—speed, dependabil-
ity, and “zip.” What's more, its com-
pact construction makes it simple to
service, and mass production is pos-
sible with a minimum change of
available machinery. It powers our
medium tanks and tank destroyers.
Ford and Army Ordnance engineers
developed this engine. Its basic speci-
fications were taken from a 12-cyl-
inder aircraft engine of proved merit.
The engineers cut it to eight cylin-
ders, added clutch and flywheel, and
altered the fuel, ignition and lubrica-
tion systems. The result is a liquid-cooled
V-type engine weighing approximately |
1,500 pounds and developing 500 horsepower
at 2,000 revolutions a minute.
Some of its innovations: Crankshaft and
flywheel are cast instead of forged; push
rods are of one piece of copper-silicon steel;
central power drive unit operates cam-
shafts, water pump, oil pump, magneto,
fan, and generator, simplifying service;
centrifugally cast cylinder liners assure
greater strength and longer wear.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1943-11
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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81
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Matteo Ridolfi
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, vol. 143, n. 5, 1943
