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scheme where companies would set up new factories producing components which would be assembled at a few locations. He offered to build in his existing factory complete
Bristol or another manufacturer's engines or components but got no interest. Accordingly in 1936 he notified the Air Ministry he
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While initially effective, in the harsh North Africa campaign the
Crusader got a reputation for being unreliable. They were withdrawn from front-line service in 1942; Crusader III saw the introduction of the Mk. IV Liberty engine, fixing many of the reliability issues previously encountered.
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To meet a requirement in 1937 for a "heavy", ie better protected, cruiser tank, Nuffield came up with a design based on the
Christie suspension and Liberty engine under the General Staff specification "A16". A single prototype, the A16E1, was built but neither it nor the A14 design by
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Liberty engine. Though the tank was put into production the power of the Liberty engine was limited and because of the increase in tank weight the Cavalier was not used in combat. The last tank the Liberty engine was produced for was the A27L
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which was obtained from the USA in 1930s. The first pilot vehicles were delivered in April 1937 and production vehicles, "A13 Mark I" from
December 1938. Sixty five of these were built by Nuffield. It was developed into the A13 Mk II with more armour - the
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aircraft engine manufacturing business from the car business which was joined with Morris Motors vehicle businesses. In 1937 Nuffield
Mechanizations Limited was acquired and the combined company was named "Nuffield Mechanizations and Aero Limited".
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Wolseley went bankrupt in 1920s and was bought at auction in 1927 by
William Morris, later Viscount Nuffield for £730,000 of his own money. Wolseley had begun aero engine development in 1929 but when Lord Nuffield sold
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said "I can give the House a very firm assurance that Lord
Nuffield's great personal capacity, and the great organisation which he has created, will be used to great advantage in the service of the State".
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designed by LMS was ordered and
Nuffield were approached about production but choose to develop their own design to meet the same specification using the Liberty and this went into service as the
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on 1 July 1935, he decided to keep aero engine development quite separate and it remained Lord
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would be closing his aero-engine business. After a personal meeting with the prime minister Wolseley would produce tank engines. Speaking in the parliament, the
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