To: WhiskeyX
Some WW II tanks had the nickname of 'Zippo' for a reason.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Thought it was ‘a ronson ‘
6 posted on
10/28/2015 3:40:13 AM PDT by
Vaquero
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To: JRandomFreeper
the M4 Sherman:
the British nick-named them “Ronsons” after the famous cigarette lighted due to the supposed flammability of the Sherman tank. The story goes that the troops co-opted the Ronson slogan of “ lights first every time” to describe their vehicles.
The reason being the Sherman used gasoline while the German tanks ran on diesel
8 posted on
10/28/2015 3:47:39 AM PDT by
Vaquero
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