Re: Historic Vehicle Assoc. E-News

Posted by JWL On 2013/5/15 12:39:32
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Stephen wrote:
Several years ago I talked to a SS Panzer commander. German nickname for Sherman was "Ronson or Ronson Lighter". My father's older brother, a Sherman radio operator, survived three of them. Earned Oak Leaf Cluster on Bronze Star w/V device during the Bulge.


Stephen, I believe the heavy German tanks were diesel powered whereas the Shermans used gasoline. This was the case with motor torpedo boats too. The Packard marine engines used 100 octane gas and the German boats were powered by diesel engines. Gasoline burns easier than diesel.

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