I forget what documentary I was watching that was interviewing the tankers of WW2. The nickname for the Shermans were “Ronsons.”
Ronson Lighters’ motto was “Lights every time.” The USA used gasoline and the Germans used Diesel.
Incorrect. This is one of the hardest myths to debunk, since it seems stuck in peoples' psyche.
The German tank line all used a single family of Maybach V-12 gasoline (petrol) engines, increasing in displacement as the tanks got bigger.
It's easy enough to look up.
The Americans, with the M4A6 diesel-engine Sherman, used more diesel tanks than the Germans. It's the Russians that went big on diesel tank engines during WWII.