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Reference code
STERN 2/22/7
Title
Letter from Harry Ricardo, 10 Feb 1941, about tank design
Date(s)
- 1941 Feb 10 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Cover letter from Harry Ralph Ricardo, Ricardo and Company (1927) Limited, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the enclosure of a memorandum by himself making comments in response to Stern's memorandum of 6 Feb 1941, containing nine points about tank design, relating to mechanised warfare, mass production, simplification of design, ease of maintenance, vulnerability on the road, the use of wheeled vehicles, precise specification, variations in terrain, controlling demands for speed and the use of transporters. 1p
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Existence and location of originals
Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.