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k0ua · May 10, 2015

In WWII most country's tanks used Petrol (gasoline) for fuel. What country's main and most famous tank used Diesel for fuel?

2LaneCruzer · May 10, 2015

k0ua said:
In WWII most country's tanks used Petrol (gasoline) for fuel. What country's main and most famous tank used Diesel for fuel?

It was the Russian (T-34 I think was the designation). Not so apt to catch fire as the gasoline fueled tanks, like the American Sherman, known as the "Ronson". Not well know, but Russia also had at least one Bomber with diesel engines. Don't recall the particulars though...

k0ua · May 10, 2015

2LaneCruzer said:
It was the Russian (T-34 I think was the designation). Not so apt to catch fire as the gasoline fueled tanks, like the American Sherman, known as the "Ronson". Not well know, but Russia also had at least one Bomber with diesel engines. Don't recall the particulars though...

yep you nailed it.

2LaneCruzer · May 10, 2015

k0ua said:
MK3 and MK4 SMLE rifles were fielded by a major power in WWII.

What country fielded these rifles? What was their caliber designation? and what does the letters SMLE stand for?

I will go for half credit...it was the British Lee Enfield. Many were manufactured in the U.S. in the .303 British Caliber for Britain, and amazingly, there were some manufactured for use by the U.S. in the 30/06 caliber; primarily because the factory was already tooled up for this weapon, and notwithstanding its countenance as an ugly duckling, it was a powerful, dependable and accurate design. Don't recall what the SM designation meant.

k0ua · May 10, 2015

2LaneCruzer said:
I will go for half credit...it was the British Lee Enfield. Many were manufactured in the U.S. in the .303 British Caliber for Britain, and amazingly, there were some manufactured for use by the U.S. in the 30/06 caliber; primarily because the factory was already tooled up for this weapon, and notwithstanding its countenance as an ugly duckling, it was a powerful, dependable and accurate design. Don't recall what the SM designation meant.

Good 1/2 credit!

Short Magazine Lee Enfield

k0ua · May 10, 2015

The stage is the air war in WWII. The term is Knickebein What was it? Who had it? What part did it play in the war?

2LaneCruzer · May 10, 2015

There are two WWII era American production fighter planes that claim to be the first to break 400 mph in level flight. Which planes are they, and which one gets the credit for being the first?

k0ua · May 10, 2015

2LaneCruzer said:
There are two WWII era American production fighter planes that claim to be the first to break 400 mph in level flight. Which planes are they, and which one gets the credit for being the first?

I don't know so I am going to just guess.. P51 mustang and P38 Lightning.

2LaneCruzer · May 10, 2015

k0ua said:
I don't know so I am going to just guess.. P51 mustang and P38 Lightning.

Half right. The P-38 and the F4U Corsair both claim to be the first, but the Corsair seems to be the one that gets the credit. Some say the Corsair is the first single engine plane, or the first in level flight; some say that the P-38 was the first one CAPABLE of breaking 400 mph. There is a recorded event for the Corsair; not sure about the P-38. Of course there were racing plane that go back several years before the war, the exceeded 400 mph, but not American and not production.