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Old 11-02-09, 22:10
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Originally Posted by Alex Blair View Post
Paul..
No mechanic that had to work on it would have designed an abortion like that...

In 1989, I was in Arromanches on D-Day, there was a Sherman from our group there. A D-Day vet who served in REME walked up to look at it and saw it was fitted with a radial, he turned to us and said that the five bank Chrysler was by far the best. Always remembered that, because as odd an arrangement as it looks, it must have had some merits, this chap would have worked on them in battle conditions and would know which was best.
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