Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soviet dispatches hailed Lunin as a hero who had saved a valuable convoy, declared it would take several months to repair the Tirpitz. That was patently guesswork, because the Tirpitz, when last seen, was proceeding under her own steam. When hit, such warships can often close bulkheads and keep going. Her sister ship Bismarck sustained enormously greater damage before going down...
Production Men. While the British went on trying one commander after another in Africa, Rommel went on learning other things-simple, sense-making military things that are as important on the field of battle as know-how on a production line. His repair cars now come right up to battle zones, often work on disabled tanks during battle. His huge salvage wagons, with their cranes, lumber up as soon as night falls, pick up wrecks-British as well as German-and carry them back to workshops housed in blacked-out tents...
These outsize military heads are also useful for 1) plugging breaches in nests and runways until the workers can repair them, 2) pounding loudly against the walls to warn other termites of danger-a sound often heard by exterminators...
Production Men. While the British went on trying one commander after another in Africa, Rommel went on learning other things-simple, sense-making military things that are as important on the field of battle as know-how on a production line. His repair cars now come right up to battle zones, often work on disabled tanks during battle. His huge salvage wagons, with their cranes, lumber up as soon as night falls, pick up wrecks-British as well as German-and carry them back to workshops housed in blacked-out tents...
...industry hundreds of thousands of dollars and hours of labor. The Army & Navy have 750 of these hot-metal guns in use this week. Aircraft makers are using thousands. The new tool is indispensable in 1) the manufacture of airplanes; 2) their maintenance by the Army & Navy; 3) the repair of ailing machinery which, owing to the dearth of metals and machining facilities, would be scrapped or stand idle...