• The Petroleum Warfare Department (PWD) was a government department established in Britain in 1940 in response to the invasion crisis during World War II...
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    liquid onto a target. The flame fougasse was developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department in Britain as an anti-tank weapon during the invasion crisis...
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    advisors: Brigadier Sir Donald Banks, the director-general of the Petroleum Warfare Department; Sir Arthur Charles Hearn [de], a former director of the Anglo-Iranian...
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    Flamethrower (redirect from Flame warfare)
    Portable, No 2. Extensive plans were made in 1940–1941 by the Petroleum Warfare Department to use flame fougasse static flame projectors in the event of...
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    States Marine Corps. The Ronson was developed by the British Petroleum Warfare Department in 1940. Having insufficient range it was passed over for British...
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    was carried out by the Petroleum Warfare Department, AEC and the Ministry of Supply (MoS) on Valentine tanks. The Department of Tank Design preferred...
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    petrol and oil. The flame fougasse was developed by the British Petroleum Warfare Department in response to the threat of German invasion during World War...
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    Navy partnership during his role as director of operations and plans department, JMSDF Maritime Staff Office from April 2008 to July 2010". In 2013, Lieutenant...
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    of innovative flame warfare weapons. Livens joined the team of developers working at the newly formed Petroleum Warfare Department under the directorship...
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    were modified to carry flame-throwers and were tested by the Petroleum Warfare Department to determine which system was best for a tank-mounted flame projector...
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  • the flamethrower was seen as a suitable defensive weapon. The Petroleum Warfare Department under Donald Banks was set up. Rather than use petrol, a thickened...
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  • from 2015 to 2018 Petroleum Warfare Department, of the British Government during World War II (WWII) Philadelphia Water Department, a public utility in...
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  • hours 56 minutes. Wooldridge was aeronautical adviser to the Petroleum Warfare Department during the development of the Fog Investigation and Dispersal...
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  • "Donald" Banks KCB DSO MC TD (1891–1975), Director-General of the Petroleum Warfare Department 1940–45 Barry Jones (1893–1981), actor Herbert Jolly (1895–1983)...
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  • doctrine, unconventional warfare (abbreviated UW) is one of the core activities of irregular warfare. Unconventional warfare is essentially support provided...
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    term petroleum refers both to naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil, as well as to petroleum products that consist of refined crude oil. Petroleum is...
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    including the extremely effective sulfur mustard (mustard gas). Petroleum Warfare Department Scorched earth Death by boiling Titus Livius, The History of...
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  • Sayers, Clerical Officer, Petroleum Warfare Department. Leicester Cecil Peregrine Scaife, Regional Manager, Southern Region, Petroleum Board. Harold Ernest...
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    Flame tank (category Armoured warfare)
    Wasp flamethrower, a continued development of the Ronson by the Petroleum Warfare Department M4-A3E8 M4 Sherman with 105 howitzer and a coaxial H1A-H5A flamethrower...
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    Donald Banks (category Civil servants in the Exchequer and Audit Department)
    major-general in 1943. From 1940 to 1945 he was Director-General of the Petroleum Warfare Department, which developed innovative applications for petrol during the...
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    (RAF) was sent to attack them by bombing. Experiments by the Petroleum Warfare Department (PWD) aimed to burn the invasion barges before they could reach...
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  • Petroleum Warfare Department working on incendiary devices at the same time as his doctorate. He began his industrial career with the Agwi Petroleum Corporartion...
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    Major General Sir Donald Banks, directing general of the British Petroleum Warfare Department visited Permanente to acknowledge their efforts in the development...
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    Robert Leslie Wakefield, Mechanic and Fitter, Research Station, Petroleum Warfare Department. Rita Walford, Regional Clothing Officer, Women's Voluntary Services...
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    Occidental Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol and logo) is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration...
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    Imperial War Museum (category Museums sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
    war in August, which showcased technologies developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department. These included the submarine fuel pipeline PLUTO, the fog dispersal...
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  • clearing fog from military runways. This work was done with the Petroleum Warfare Department, and he contributed to both the design and testing done on the...
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  • of the Oil Control Board, 1939–1945; as Minister in charge of Petroleum Warfare Department 1940–1945, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel...
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  • rose to Chief Engineer of the Iraq Petroleum Company. During World War II he worked in the Petroleum Warfare Department and was co-inventor of the HAMEL...
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  • services to the Petroleum Warfare Department. Derman Guy Christopherson, MSc, DPhil, Senior Scientific Adviser, Research and Experiments Department, Home Office...
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