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Report, 12 Jul 1918, on the work still to be done on the Allied Tank Factory, Neuvy-Pailloux, France

Report, (no indication of authorship), referring to a meeting held on 6 Jul 1918, indicating the extent of the work required to prepare the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France for production. The report estimates Mar 1919 as a likely completion date, or the end of 1918, if two thousand militarised labour and emergency accommodation facilities were to be made available. 1p

Report, 15-16 Oct 1915, on tests of a prototype self-propelling machine designed to cross barbed wire and trenches

Typescript report by Lt George K Field, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, entitled 'Report on Lemons wheel and rotating machine' (a self-propelled machine tested against barbed wire and trench emplacements and thought suitable only as a means of sending a form of high explosive into enemy trenches) 3pp

Report, 21 May 1940, relating to proposals for a Tank Board and to an order for tanks

Report of an interview between Stern and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, at the House of Commons at which Stern recommended the appointment of a Tank Board and raised the question of whether an order for one hundred tanks from the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply would be placed if the pilot trial were a success. 1p

Report, 26 Nov 1942, on the reasons for a failure of the TOG 1A tank in testing

Report by John Frederick Peck, Professor of Hydraulics, Loughborough College Scientific Society, Consultant to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply on the failure of the TOG 1A tank while reversing by means of a pivot turn, including an assessment of the cause of failure, suggested remedy and notes on the Lockheed controls. 1p

Report, 31 Aug 1918, on changes to the personnel of Allied organisations involved in tank production

Report of the Anglo-American Commissioners relating to the consolidation of the separate staffs of the Anglo-American Commission, the Factory Construction Department, Ministry of Munitions and the contractors, Messrs Holland and Hannen, through the appointment of Frederick Thomas Hopkinson, S Pearson and Son, contractors for public works, as Controller, Allied Tank Factory, Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 2pp

Report, 'Admiralty land-ships...', 28 May 1915, by Colonel Rookes Crompton

Report entitled 'Admiralty land-ships, progress report', from Col Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton, Royal Engineers, Consulting Engineer to the Landships Committee, to the Directorate of Naval Construction, the Admiralty, relating to the role of the various companies involved in supplying parts for landships (tanks) fitted with pedrail and creeper-grip Caterpillar tracks. 3pp

Report, 'Amphibious tank operations', Aug 1940

Report 1A entitled 'Amphibious tank operations', containing objectives and specifications for the design of an amphibious tank and discussed at a meeting of representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Naval Land Equipment Department, Ministry of Supply on 12 Jun 1940 1p

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