Clouth Gummiwerke Aktiengesellschaft

Blohm + Voss International Gmbh

Erich Pothe

Hans Bohne

Artur Butterweck

Hans-Jurgen Hansohm

Jurgen Schalke

Armored tank housings for all combat, scouting, infantry and supply tanks of different types and sizes and operating as track vehicles are based by selecting a tank housing so that it corresponds to the size of the largest tank size involved. The housing is formed of floor plates, side walls and roof plates. The various plates and walls forming the housing are arranged so that they can be automatically welded together along longitudinal seams. Where transverse seams are required in the floor plates and the roof plates the transverse seams are arranged so that they do not interrupt the longitudinal seams. As required, additional armor can be mounted on the side walls and the roof plates. The housing is arranged so that the components for movement, for orientation and for military tasks are located at the same locations in the housing for all of the different types and sizes of tanks for which the housing is intended.

Method of manufacturing armored tank housing

A double layer armor for an armored vehicle. At least two elastic retaining mounts are provided between an inner armor plate member and one of a plurality of sections not attached to each other forming an outer armor plate member. At least one of the elastic retaining mounts is formed as an engagable or disengagable pivot mount, while at least one other elastic retaining mount comprises a housing attached rigidly with the inner armor plate member and a core attached detachably with the respective section of the outer armor plate member as well as an elastic member mounted between the housing and the core.

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Horneburg, Germany

Erich Pothe