Re: [MV] Diesel vs Gas

Lida L. Bensinger (mitymite@juno.com)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:29:24 -0500

Some USMC units got diesel Shermans.They had the fuel in stock for
landing craft and such so it was not as much of a logistic problem.

Daryl
D&L Bensinger mitymite@juno.com
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>They produced Shermans in diesel but the army wanting to standardize as
>much as possible sent most of these out lend lease. Remember the Sherman

>mainly use a aircraft radial engine. In the US army they were referred
to
>as "the Ronson" after the lighter. Some Shermans had a 30 cyl.
"multi-bank"
>engine made by Chrysler. Most of these went to the UK.

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