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German aircraft designers used layers of rubber laid over leather hide with a treated fiber inner surface for the self-sealing tanks on the Junkers Ju 88 early in the war. Even the rear of the Jagdtiger had 80 mm thick plates including the pair of large gas-tight doors at the back.

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The forward part of the lower hull was 40 mm thick providing good protection for the crew from mines.

. Advances in tank design armour and engine technology allowed tank designers to increase the capabilities of tanks significantly allowing vehicles to undertake multiple roles on the battlefield. In the United States Ernst Eger of United States Rubber Company later Uniroyal patented a self-sealing fuel tank design in 1941 one of many. High-explosive anti-tank HEAT ammunition was a threat to tanks and.

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks at Goodyear 1941. The thinnest parts of the armor were under the sponsons over the tracks which were just 25 mm thick and under the engine which was also 25 mm thick. This could be accomplished without always resorting to heavier designs although weights did gradually increase.

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