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Re: What engines were in WWII tanks ?
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Posted by Dennis Benson on September 21, 2002 at 17:28:18 from (152.163.188.71):
In Reply to: What engines were in WWII tanks ? posted by Just Wondering on September 21, 2002 at 07:28:59:
Someone I used to work with said some tanks had radial aircraft engines, and I think he said they required a blank shotgun shell to fire. He said they were real easy to over-rev and threw out rods if they went too fast. My Uncle was a Captain over a platoon that retrieved disabled tanks and put them back into service, but I don't think he told me about the engine. He had a driver that took him to find the tank, and he wrote up a service order and gave directions for the crew to go pick it up on a lowboy tractor/trailer.
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