True or False?

according to www.onwar.com the T-34 could get roughly twice as much milage from a unit of fuel as a Sherman could.

 

Paazerman:
Range for the gas powered Shermans varied from 161km to 209km (M4A3/75).
The M4A4 diesel Sherman's range was 241km.

sinissa'a point is valid, the T-34s had better fuel economy than the Shermans.[/quote]

 

The synthetic petrol was made by the "Fischer-Tropsch" process developed in the twenty in gemany ,
it is suitable only for making light hydrocarbons from gas, usualy carbon monoxide, it's very bad for making heavy hydrocarbon like diesel .
the heavier the fuel the better the energy output per volume , usualy the longer it take to get the engine up to speed
-lpg .............. low energy density ....... great stuff to use
-petrol .........good energy density ....... no problem to use and store
-diesel .........excelent energy density... need some time and care
-bunker oil....the best energy density....anything less than a ship , forget it !
this process has bee used by the south african government in the Sasol plants during aparteid ,
it is cost effective when the price of petrol reach the ~ 85..90$ a barrel ,
it is also way more dirty CO2 wise than using straight oil .


diesel was a german ,he invented the engine , why the germans kept using petrol rather than diesel is to me a mystery ,
it's usually posible to get more fuel out of a barrel of oil as diesel than petrol !!
I suspect the dead hand of a long forgoten technical sub-comitee :roll:


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