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Did U.S. tanks use diesel engines during World War 2? Near the beginning  of the movie Patton , he is quoted as saying that he warned them that gasoline in tanks was unnecessarily hazardous.   Just curious.

Did U.S. tanks use diesel engines during World War 2? Near the beginning  of the movie Patton , he is quoted as saying that he warned them that gasoline in tanks was unnecessarily hazardous.   As far as I can remember only the Russians used diesel engines in their tanks during WW2.  Diesels had a very poor power to weight and power to volume ratio those days.  Eugene L Griessel             Dynagen E-Mail Systems Administrator       This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it               Voice:  (021) -7891252                PGP Keys on request or at http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html  One should try everything once - except incest and folk-dancing.

As far as I can remember only the Russians used diesel engines in their tanks during WW2.   panzers.  the big complaint above was acompanied by statements to the effect of 'lousy k

Did U.S. tanks use diesel engines during World War 2? Near the beginning  of the movie Patton , he is quoted as saying that he warned them that gasoline in tanks was unnecessarily hazardous. Just curious. We used both.