Nice but how about those Chrysler tanks?
Great gift idea for any of your liberal friends.
Years back Andy Rooney, in an effort to save money, suggested the army purchase LeBarons in place of tanks.
300 inplace of each tank!
Great gift idea for any of your liberal friends.
Right down to the A57 *multibank* engine, five six-cylinder Chrysler 251 cubic inch flathead auto engines mounted on a common crankshaft, with all the interesting challenges that offered in the fuel system, ignition electrical wiring, and long-term maintenance; I hope those pals are mechanically inclined. Initially uncertain as to call it the *inline-radial,* the *cloverleaf* engine, the designation *multibank* eventually caught on. The welded hull of the M4A4 Sherman was stretched to fit the thing inside, Though the US restricted the use of the M4A4 to stateside training, the Rube Goldberg engines were indeed durable, and as survivable as any gasoline-engine tank engine could be. Chrysler claimed the A57 could still move the tank it was fitted in even if 12 out of its 30 cylinders were knocked out
Among the other users of the circa 7500 built: The British Royal Marines Armoured Support Group, which fitted the things with indirect fire sights and used them as beachhead indirect fire artillery at the Normandy landings. The British became the primary users of the M4A4/ Sherman V, which may constitute *giving them as a gift to your liberal friends.*