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1942
1942 - 0608.PDF
m 258 BEHIND CTH F LtG H H I9TH, 1942 X TEUTONIC THOROUGHNESS : German submarine slipways being covered by huge slabs of ferro-concrete to render them bomb-proof. Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries Synthetic Rubber VTEGOTIATIONS for the establish- -^ ment of a synthetic rubber plant are in progress between German and Rumanian companies. The plant, to be erected in Rumania, will have a capacity of 3,000 tons a year. The manufacturing process is to be based on the local oil resources. Magnesite Production T~*HE recently established German -*• .Magnesite Company, with«,head- quarters in Munich, has taken over all Austrian magnesite mines and manu facturing plants. Since January 1st, 1942, the German Magnesite Company has controlled the entire production ui the Reich. Originally American pri vate interests participated in the de velopment of the newly absorbed Austrian firm. Fusion 'T'HE extent to which the Germans •*• are co-ordinating their industrial effort is strikingly shown by the new merger of the A.E.G. and the " Ges ture!." The new combine embraces the fol lowing industrial concerns:—The Telefunken A.G., the Ago Aircrait Works in Oschersleben, the Loewe Tool Machines A.G., the Finow Copp<r and Brass and Light Metals Works, the " Elektrowerk " Manufacturers of Wireless Equipment in Nueremberg, the Sachsenwerk Wireless Equipment, the Apparat-JBau in Eslingen and the A.E.G. Plant in Stuttgart, the Richard Weber Tool Manufacturers in Berlin-Tempelhof. The object is to rationalise com pletely the industries concerned and to ensure better use of the available machinery and man power. From Riom TN the course of the trial which is to •*• help the Vichy rulers to whitewash their reputation before the public, interesting and sad facts have been revealed.- The tragic state of affairs in pre-war France is exposed in the evidence of all witnesses and " accused." M. Guy la Chambre, Air Minister at the outbreak of war, stated that before war broke out aircraft production amounted to 35 machines per month and rose to 300 during the first month of war, Only about 50 bombers existed when mobilisation was ordered. He acccused the French High Command, which "did not digest the lessons of the Polish cam paign and did not provide for planes of this type." At the same time the hesitation'of the military command about priorities and their lack of appreciation of the possibility of the employment of air craft against tanks further contributed to the chaotic state of France's air power. Towed Giant A NEW German transport glider, •**• "The Giant," is reported to haVe been completed recently. The glider is said to have a wing-span of 120ft. and is towed by three machines. It can carry 150 fully armed men or heavy cargo! From Occupied France SCREENING behind the shield of a ^ purely military occupation, the Germans have found the French in dustrial power and resources, such as bauxite and aluminium, a welcome addition to their war effort. Un doubtedly some French manufacturers had .to be coerced into this co-opera tion with the Nazis, but others whose names have become so prominent in the Riom trial have apparently jumped at the opportunity of profit. The extent of this collaboration is best shown by the financial results of several leading French aircraft firms in the past year. Thus Avions Salin- son of Billancourt (engine and aircrait manufacturers) paid a 7 per cent, ordinary dividend for the first time since 1930. The Schneider-Creusot sold their Central and Eastern European interests to the Ger man Government and paid a 20 per cent, dividend. The Gnome- Rhone Company of Paris, Limoges, etc., considerably increased its nom inal capital, and in 1940 and 1941 registered substantial profits. The S.A. des Moteurs Pour l'Aviation Renault, which controls S.A. des Avions Caudron, doubled its capital. Since civil aviation is more or less dormant in France these facts suggest the source of the new prosperity of the French aircraft industry. A French Fighter 'T'HE completion of a new fighter •*- designated 40 C.2 and equipped with a Hispano 12Y cannon engine is reported from France. No details of the performance of the fighter ary •available; the 12Y engine is rated at 1,100 h.p. at n,oooft., and at 2,400 r.p.m. It has a .20 mm. quick-firing gun mounted on the upper half of the crankcase in the angle between the cylinders. The right-hand auxiliary drive shaft is provided with a gun- synchronising drive and additional machine guns firing through the air-"*™" screw disc may be installed. Hispano-Suiza '"PHIS company, which operates both in Occupied and Unoccupied France, has developed a new type of engine, the 12Z. This'model is very similar to the 12Y 12-cylinder liquid- cooled, but has four valves per cylin der instead of two on the 12 Y ; thesa valves open simultaneously at the end of the exhaust stroke to provide fresh- air scavenging. Power output rated at 1,200 h.p. at.2,600 r.p.m.; malE' mum power 1,500 h.p. for periods of not more than 5 min." Fuel of 100 octane, but this engine is being adopted for operation with 87 octane fuel as well. The power output is ultimately to be stepped up to about 2,000 h.p.
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