dog of war Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 the 6 pdr equipped val tank and archer sp gun had a general motors diesel engine . britain and canada both had general motors factories.was the above engine produced in these factories or were they imported from the united states general motors factory 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Seriously techy question!! The Canadian factory I suspect built straight GM engines whereas Vauxhall the GM UK subsidiary would have its own enegine range. They also built trucks - Bedfords - so without any research my guess is UK sourced diesels to local design. I am now prepared to be proved wrong : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Paxman's in Colchester, England next to where I grew up had a small part to play: http://paxmanhistory.org.uk/paxwwar2.htm TANK SPROCKETS The story of Davey Paxman's participation in tank sprocket construction is a triumph in itself. Thanks to the evolution of a novel method of gas cutting, they turned out so many so quickly that what was only intended to be part of an urgent "helping out" contract after El Alamein, became a master activity, continuing almost to the end of the German war. With their specially devised cutter Davey Paxman made many thousands of sprockets for "Valentine", "Matilda", "Crusader", and "Cruiser" tanks. In addition to the above, indirect orders for sprockets included large quantities for Mechanisation & Aero Ltd., for English Electric Co., and for Ford Motor Co. Ltd. … the whole a victory of imaginative engineering. The process was quite unique … flame cutters were used like a tool and lathe … special apparatus was devised, bringing about a tremendous saving of time as well as over 40% saving of the forging weight. A capacity of over a thousand finished sprockets per week and up to 1500 bren gun carrier sprockets was reached and Davey Paxman were easily the biggest sprocket makers … Master Sprocket Makers in fact! http://www.wwiiequipment.com/engines.aspx e-mail David Boyd? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Interesting the local history Wicky. Nice to see a smart idea really working. I was surprised that Valentines were diesels and looking at the link does not allay my doubts. However silly me should have looked to Wiki first! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_tank 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 The story of the UK blockade runners to Sweden is interesting - Gay Vikings?? I gues the name was less of a problem back then!! :D:D 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 dog of war, Suggest you try here, where not merely tank grogs abound, but tank component grogs! Am sure someone there can either answer your question or point you to someone else who can. http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=forums&file=viewforum&f=73 Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 dog of war, While we wait, this should be of interest, seeing as how it breaks down Valentine production by model and engine type, with links to another page providing grog goodness on the power plants! http://www.wwiiequipment.com/valentine.aspx This should also be of help. http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Valentine_tank/id/2020929 Here's the who built how many and where piece of the puzzle. http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/BritTanks/English-Files/1-Vehicles/04-InfantryTanks/Mk.III-Valentine/01-Genesis.htm Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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