Self-sealing fuel tank
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A self-sealing fuel tank is a type of fuel tank, typically used in aircraft fuel tanks or fuel bladders, that prevents them from leaking fuel and igniting after being damaged.
Self-sealing fuel tank of Me 262
Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks at Goodyear, 1941
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
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The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft that was manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, which was part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was operated by the I
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…tanks had the chief drawback of making the aircraft heavier (and thus slower, less manoeuvrable, and of lower endurance and operational range). The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was not designed with self-sealing tanks, even though the technology was available, since manoeuvrability and endurance were viewed as more important…
An A6M3 Model 22 N712Z, operated by the Commemorative Air Force So Cal Wing
A Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" Model 21 takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi, to attack Pearl Harbor
The cockpit (starboard console) of an A6M2 which crashed into Building 52 at Fort Kamehameha during the attack on Pearl Harbor, killing the pilot
A Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero wreck abandoned at Munda Airfield, Central Solomons, 1943