"WW1 tanks. Petrol or diesel?" Topic
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| Weasel | 04 Mar 2016 7:09 p.m. PST |
Someone asked me this and I realized I had never given it any thought. If you're rolling into battle in a Mark IV or FT, what do you put in the engine? |
| Winston Smith | 04 Mar 2016 7:11 p.m. PST |
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| Weasel | 04 Mar 2016 7:24 p.m. PST |
German Helmets  .
Apparently, according to wikipedia, those two examples were petrol engines.
What was the first armoured diesel powered vehicle then? |
| cfielitz | 04 Mar 2016 8:13 p.m. PST |
According to Wikipedia it was the Japanese Type 89 |
| monk2002uk | 04 Mar 2016 10:22 p.m. PST |
Yes, WW1 tanks had petrol engines. This is why tank crews were often burned to death if the petrol tank was hit or, when the petrol tanks were shifted outside and to the rear, petrol was ignited inside the fighting compartment. Exterior tanks were explicitly designated as priority targets in German anti-tank training documentation. Robert |
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finds bridges to match the river sets.
