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To: PGR88

“The Shermans were death-traps.”

The U.S. supplied the Brits with thousands of Shermans.
The Germans called them “Tommy cookers”.


15 posted on 11/14/2018 11:11:00 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: oldvirginian

We also supplied about 6000 Sherman tanks to the Soviet Army. At their request, we built those Shermans with diesel engines instead of gasoline engines. Didn’t catch fire nearly as easily as the gasoline fueled Sherman tanks used by the Americans and British.


18 posted on 11/14/2018 11:21:12 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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