As we're now onto other tanks that ran diesel, can any of our great colle=
ctive tell me how many twin-bank Diesel grants ever made it onto the prod=
uction. I know they made theml. I thought most were radials ?
Comments welcome.
John
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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 Sherma=
n
> 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-b=
ank"
> engine made by Chrysler. Most of these went to the UK.
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rolf S. Ask [SMTP:mud-snow@online.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 11:08 AM
> To: A.Mehlhorn; Colin Brookes
> Cc: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: Re: [MV] Diesel vs Gas
>
>
> I am not sure about this, but I do recal something about the patent of =
the
> diesel engine beeing German,
> and therefore the allies had to use gas. Seems stupid in a war.
> Can anyone tell anymore abouth this?
>
> Of course the transport was a important issue. One sort of fuel means =
one
> fueltanker.
> This is the policy for most of the armys today, but spessially for the =
US.
> Take a windshieldfram and it will fit more than one type of vehcile and
> more than one years production.
> Of course the question is (during WW II) would it mean less transport =
if
> they used both type of fuel, since the diesel has a lower consumption =
(A
> fuelbowser or two may be free for something else)
>
> Just some 'brainstorming' before I travel away to buld another oilplatt=
form
> for the Northsea.
>
> Rolf S. Ask
> Western Norway
>
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