self-sealing tank

After the first 10 were completed, self-sealing tanks were added along with improved seat-back armor.

Early Hurricanes lacked armour or self-sealing tanks.

The remaining 60 machines in the order were built as P-39Ds with armor, self-sealing tanks and enhanced armament.

Self-sealing tanks tended to be heavier with lower capacity than non-sealed tanks.

Nonetheless, aircraft that were fitted with self-sealing tanks regularly took more punishment than those without, and were able to return to base.

Most jet fighters and all US military rotary wing aircraft have some type of self-sealing tanks.

Most lacked self-sealing tanks and armor plating.

The tug pilots were Americans, flying Dakotas, which had no self-sealing tanks and no armoured plate.

The Story of the Self-Sealing Tank"."

The Henderson Safety Tank company provided crash-proof self-sealing tanks for the Miles Master trainer.

After assessing aerial combat conditions in Europe, it was evident that without armor or self-sealing tanks, the 20 production P-39Cs were not suitable for operational use.

In the newer generations of pre-war and early-war aircraft, self-sealing tanks were tanks used to minimize the damage from leaking or burning fuel.

I didn't understand half of what Micky said, except for something about back-armour and self-sealing tanks and ... uh ... variable-pitch propellers.

It could outmaneuver any opponent, but did not have armor or self-sealing tanks, and its armament was poor until its final version, which was produced as late as 1945.

After careful study, Roy Grumman decided that he could match or surpass the Zero in most respects, except in range, without sacrificing pilot armor, self-sealing tanks and fuselage structure.

On turning back to finish my ammunition on the Ju88, which was pouring smoke from the starboard engine, my aircraft was hit by return fire from the e/a in both self-sealing tanks.

The Ki-43-II was also fitted with 13 mm armor plate for the pilot's head and back, and the aircraft's fuel tanks were coated in rubber to form a crude self-sealing tank.

The earliest version (P-40) had only four guns and lacked armor plate or self-sealing tanks, but the British pressed these into service into North Africa anyway as Tomahawk Is.

The Germans were using layers of rubber laid over leather hide with a treated fibre inner surface for the self-sealing tanks on their Junkers Ju 88 bombers early in the war.

Known as the Jolly Green Giant, the HH-3E featured protective armor, self-sealing tanks, a retractable inflight refueling probe, jettisonable external tanks, a high-speed hoist, and other specialized equipment.

Designed for attack, the Zero gave precedence to long range, maneuverability, and firepower at the expense of protection-most had no self-sealing tanks or armor plate-thus many Zeros and their pilots were too easily lost in combat.

Typical self-sealing tanks have multiple layers of rubber and reinforcing fabric, one of vulcanized rubber and one of untreated natural rubber, which can absorb fuel, swell and expand when it comes into contact with the fuel.

Starting with the Serie VII, the fighter had a new wing with a provision for two 7.7 mm (.303 in) Breda-SAFAT machine guns and an armored windscreen (previously, only the armored seat and the self-sealing tanks were provided).

He wasn't worried about the small-arms stuff, though a spider web jinked his bubble where a LMG round had popped through at about-ten o'clock, because he was sitting in his titanium bathtub, carrying self-sealing tanks, and had plenty of redundancy in his control systems.

Goodyear chemist James Merrill filed a patent in 1941 (published in 1947) for refining and successfully testing his method for manufacturing self-sealing tanks using a two-layer system of rubber compounds encased in a metal outer shell or the wing lining of the aircraft.