Churchill tank

The first structural use of these adhesives was to bond friction material to steel in the clutches for Cromwell and Churchill tanks. Many metal-to-metal Aerospace applications followed in both military (Sea Hornet, F7 Cutlass, SAAB Draken) and civil (DH Dove, DH Comet, Fokker F27 to FI 00) aircraft. Indeed, today, they are still used in such aircrafts as the RJ 80 and the BAE SYSTEMS Hawk trainer. 

Notwithstanding the emphasis placed on tanks by Churchill, Fuller and Liddell Hart, this notable British invention had its limitations. British tanks first went into action on 15 September 1916, only nine months after the trials of the first practical machine, and before the inevitable teething problems had been eliminated. French tanks were developed independently but did not see action for another seven months, and the first two types of chars de combat were inferior to the British Mark I in their ability to cross obstacles. The first German tanks did not appear in action until 1918 and again cross-country performance was poor. The British Mark I was prone to mechanical breakdowns, especially on broken ground, as on the Somme battlefield. 

E. A. Shillito, Tanks , 30 Jan. Butler to Prime Minister, 15 Feb. (draft dated 14 Feb.) Churchill to Chancellor, Secretary of State for War and Minister of Supply, 16 Feb. Shillito, Centurion tanks , 18 Feb. anon., Tank production , n.d. but July F.F. 

It is conceivable that Churchill s instruction was the result of a private approach from Dill at any rate, the anti-gas lobby were immediately swept aside. Within a week, Britain had scraped together her meagre stocks of gas and had them loaded into aircraft spray tanks and bombs at more than twelve RAF bases from Scotland to the South Coast all were operationally ready to mount a chemical attack by the end of the first week of July.10... 

Churchill Flame Thrower Tanks (Crocodiles). Both in CWS 314.7 Mechanized Flame Thrower. 

A. V Churchill, Microbial fuel tank corrosion. Mater. Protect. 6 19-23 (1963). 

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