<< The American Sherman caught fire every time, and the
flames swept through in about three seconds...' >>
In Stephen Ambrose's book "Citizen Soldiers" he cites US Army records that
indicate that nearly half of the Sherman tanks knocked out in combat were
running again within a month. So maybe they didn't burn EVERY time. It also
depended a lot on what caught fire. If the gasoline catches fire it will burn
quickly but still leave some time for the crew to escape, if fragments open up
the ammunition on board and spill the powder, the tank won't burn. It will
blow up. There is more than one way to kill a tank too. Crew kill, mobility
kill, firepower kill, it doesn't necessarily have to burst into flames to be
reported as "killed"
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