The following report on vehicle coolant was published in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 43, January 27, 1944. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

ENEMY HEATING OF VEHICLE COOLANT A report has been received from Italy that an enemy half-tracked vehicle has been found to be equipped with a device for heating the coolant. A small, square-section, water tube boiler was fitted in front of the radiator and so connected to the engine inlet and outlet pipes as to produce a thermo-syphon circulation when heated by a stove fixed to it by means of clamps. The report indicates that this equipment is probably standard equipment on vehicles intended for extremely cold climates.

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