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The heart of an armored vehicle is the engine. This critical piece controls movement, power, hydraulics, speed, ability to climb hills, and overcome obstacles. If the engine breaks, ideally it should be quick and easy to fix or replace in battlefield conditions.
U.S. Armor used a dizzying array of engines, from radial engines, dual diesel engines, V8 gasoline engines, the crazy but workable five engine multi-bank, etc.
One of the major reasons for this was that production capacity was in many cases directly competing with airplane production, and a variety of types were chosen as a result in order to help hit production quotas, with ~49,000 M4 Sherman's being produced in its many variants, not including the myriad of Tank Destroyers, prime movers, etc.
Join us for a brief video as Sgt. Inge, one of WW2 Armor's tank commanders, talks about the Wright Continental R-975 radial engine and the Ford GAA V8 engine.
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28 сен 2024
