This may sound like a strange topic, but I note that most vehicles from the World War One era-not just military-did not have rubber tires. Also the FT tanks had fan belts which often failed in use.
Armor plate manufacturing was still primitive then. Was that the case with rubber?
This may sound like a strange topic, but I note that most vehicles from the World War One era-not just military-did not have rubber tires. Also the FT tanks had fan belts which often failed in use.
Armor plate manufacturing was still primitive then. Was that the case with rubber?
I disagree with that, unless you are referring to pneumatic tyres? British, American, most French and German army trucks had solid rubber tyres., although the Germans came up with other alternatives as the war went on.
I grew up in the shadow (metaphorical and often actual) of the Rubber Regenerating Company in Trafford Park. They used carbon black liberally. On "mixing days" it would cover everything, from the kitchen table top to the inside of your nose, in a thin, black film. I sometimes wonder which sort of cancer I'll develop.
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