To: SAMWolf
LOL! I've heard elsewhere about the Ronson nickname for the Sherman. Wasn't funny at the time, I'm sure.
77 posted on
10/09/2003 3:07:45 PM PDT by
colorado tanker
(Oddball: "A . . . tank can give you an . . . edge.")
To: colorado tanker
Brits called them "Tommy Cookers". We made up in quantity what they lacked in quality. At least they were reliable tanks even if under gunned, too thin armor and had too high a silhouette.
78 posted on
10/09/2003 3:21:21 PM PDT by
SAMWolf
(Blame Saint Andreas - it's all his fault.)
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