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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post

An 18 litre (1098 cu in) Ford GAA V8 petrol engine, used in American tanks during the Second World War. It is one of the largest petrol V8s ever made.
This engine produced around 500 hp and mountains of torque, and was used in tanks such as the M4A3 Sherman and the M26 Pershing. It was one of the best Allied tank engines of the war.
I'm not an engineer but 500 hp doesn't seem like all that much power for a tank.

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