Him-Again wrote:
The things you can learn by tracking down these pics...
*** corrected 12/15 ***
This Japanese tank led me to learn that the US M4 Sherman tank of ww2 was named [by the British, following their] custom of naming US-made tanks in their inventory for US Civil War generals. **added**[The British Army had received the first production run of the Sherman via Lend-Lease, while the US Army took one from that run for evaluation.] The UK army had named versions of the earlier M3 tanks Grant and Lee!
Did you know that there are 'short' and 'long' tons? 'Short' is 2000 pounds, 'Long' is 1000kg.
I guess I need Bing...(like the advert in USA, to combat info-overload). Awk! I did it again!
** excised ** [thus because the US started following the UK]
** added ** [need new glasses, too?]
