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Sherman Tank
The Sherman tank is a small to medium sized battle tank, invented and built in the USA and supplied for use by our troops in the Italian Campaign. It was called a 'Zippo' tank because it used 100 octane fuel in an aeroplane engine and this fuel was very volatile which meant it would catch fire if hit by a shell. The crew had to be able to evacuate very quickly through their hatches or the escape hatch under the tank.
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