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TANKS and MORE TANKS How the Various Parts are Assembled

... TANKS and MORE TANKS: How the Various Parts are Assembled Described and Illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood) THE series of pictures reproduced here show how the tank, known throughout the Service as the Matilda (or the No. i Infantry Tank, Mark IIa), is assembled I in sections. Hundreds of factories throughout Britain are now engaged in tank pro duction, and many more factories are to be taken over ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 639 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

WINTER COMES TO RUSSIA: What Conditions are Really Like from the Far North to the Caspian

... WINTER COMES TO RUSSIA What Conditions are Really Like from the Far North to the Caspian By C. L. R. BRADBURY OWING to the failure of Hitler's invasion time-table, his armies must now face the rigours of a Russian winter, and only in the extreme south can they hope to escape conditions of the utmost severity. During the winter, ex cepting a small strip from the Sea of Azov, skirting the ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1494 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Illustrations 

'Viyella'

... 8n- Di ft KH|^ Jill H |i[ IlllllP j E51 ffm 1111% jp wk jiii. wm wr bb life- A Gnnfrrvt in etffcemeA .J /vX The man inside a Viyella Tunic Shirt will keep cool in the sun and run no risk of chill in the evening shade. The healthy, ab sorbent texture of Viyella looks after that. This regulation military tunic shirt is designed for service overseas. It is perfect for warm climates, and its ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 126 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

MACDONALD & MUIR, LTD

... MACPONALD MUIR, LTD. MACDONALD MUIR, LTD., famous. Queens 4l- (Tfie QueenS Oien)%uMahS Raised independently and regimented under Col. the Hon. John Berkeley in 1685 as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons. In 1788 it was ordered to adopt the title Queen's Own Dragoons. Made Light Dragoons in 1818 and became Hussars in 1861. Like this famous regiment Highland Queen GRAND LIQUEUR ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 117 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

HOW TO STOP THE BIG TANKS

... By Arming Dive-Bombing Aircraft with Heavy Cannon which Alone can Penetrate the Thick Armour of the Panzers ON the previous pages of this issue we have given reconstructions of a tank battle in actual progress. It is now necessary to consider the relation of aircraft to tanks in such combat. In France, during May and June, the tank was everywhere triumphant owing to its impregnability to ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1132 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... His Greatcoat and Your Overcoat We are authorities on comfort. We take an equally important part in equipping both officers of all the Services and civilians for their common campaign against the chill of winter. Good clothes, faultless tailoring and absolute correct ness of detail are in every Austin Reed coat, whether it be of the great or over variety. Service greatcoats, ready for service ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 121 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

'Viyella'

... llegd. 'Viyella W Kegd. A Viyella regulation military tunic shirt with its healthy, absorbent tex ture can be relied upon to keep a man comfortable both in the sun's full heat and in the evening's decep tively sudden coolness. Designed for service overseas, this military tunic shirt is provided with shoulder tabs and the necessary pockets, in the regulation pattern. And its colour is faithful ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 132 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

PREPARING FOR WAR IN MALAYA: Hacking Out an Aerodrome from the Jungle

... Two drawings by William McDowell T^etails have been received in London of the wonderful manner in which Malaya, during recent months, has been prepared to counter any move directed against Singapore or Australasia. One correspondent alone during the course of his tour has actually touched down at more than twenty R.A.F. aerodromes, each of which has been torn out of the thick forest and worst ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 312 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

(2) FEEDING the NAVY: A World-wide Catering Job

... (2) FEEDING the NAVY A World-wide Catering Job THE modem Navy has such a high standard of catering that the N.A.A.F.I. has a very hard task in victualling it all over the world in peacetime. In war, when ships are constantly unexpectedly appearing out of the blue, and disappearing into it again at the shortest notice, or being diverted by wireless to a spot hundreds, or even thousands, of ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1014 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 08 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 19 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS --IN WARTIME: Three Epics of the Merchant Service Portrayed by Sphere Artists

... DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS -IN WARTIME Three Epics of the Merchant Service Portrayed by Sphere Artists THE salvage of the San Demetrio gave occasion for acts of heroism which cannot be read without a thrill. She was one of the convoy escorted by the Jervis Bay, a motor-tanker of 8,073 gross tons, with a full cargo of petrol. She scattered with the others, but the pursuing raider ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1396 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Illustrations