Since before entraining it is necessary to push in the sponsons until they are flush with the sides of the tank, the order involved unloading the sponsons at railhead, pushing them in and then loading the tanks again.
At Boisleux we rested pleasantly after we had thoroughly overhauled our tanks, fitted grids inside the sponsons to prevent the loads from falling into the engines or the crew, and drilled a little.
At that period the sponsons of Carrier tanks were made of boiler-plate, which was not proof against bullets.
The climax was reached when we discovered that we should be compelled to drill new holes in several of the sponsons, because in certain cases the holes in the sponsons did not correspond with the holes in the tanks.
Half the tanks fitted their sponsons and reached Behagnies by dawn.
These machines were fitted with large soft steel sponsons made at the Tank Corps Central Workshops.
These tanks consisted of discarded Mark I machines with specially made supply sponsons fitted to them.
It can be conveyed by rail (the sponsons and guns take off, making it lighter) and be ready for action very quickly.
The Mark V armament corresponded with that of the Mark IV, whilst the sponsons were of similar design to those fitted to the latter type.
Sponsons were designed to collapse into the interior of the machine when necessary, and the cumbersome practice of detaching them from the hull came to an end.
For a novice the sponsons would seem a good thing, as they not only insure safety but, in doing away with the fear of an upset, make learning to paddle easier.
Sponsons can also be purchased separately and can be adjusted to any sized canoe.
Two protected windows in the front gave place for machine guns of the heavier patterns, and sponsons on either side mounted three machine guns operating through small openings.
Yet still the brutes of steel crawled onward, growling, as their sponsons spit flame.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sponsons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
