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Old 21-08-2017, 01:38 PM   #6
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Default Re: anyone seen one of these engines before ?

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Originally Posted by barnz_xr8 View Post
I though shermans ran on diesel and the Wehrmacht's tanks ran on petrol, as in the low gasoline mileage of the TIGER was its Achilles heal.
In a nut shell:

US Marine M4A2's, Russian and British lend lease & NZ, Canadian, and Polish European theatre Sherman's were Diesel.

US Army Western European area of Operations were Petrol, for the most part M4A3 family ( hence the Ford V8 ).
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