Soviet engineers would likely prefer a practical available solution over developing unnecessary complexity for its own sake. German First World War aviation-fuel arrangements could provide the Caspian vessel with an adequate starting point. British engineers had found enough value in the German system to study and adapt parts of it into their own approach. A decade of theoretical work and operating trials could therefore produce a serviceable Soviet installation even if it remained behind the best British or American practice.
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Pragmatic Soviet carrier systems and German fuel handling
A workable German fuel-handling arrangement could be adapted through Caspian trials instead of waiting for a bespoke advanced system.