Originally Posted by SASless
Was there an outcry amongst the British public about the "Tommy Cookers" (Sherman Tanks with gasoline engines) during WWII? How many guys died as a result of using gasoline as fuel vice diesel engines?
Just to go off on a tangent that's a poor comparison. British Forces did use Sherman's with diesel engines, the M4A2 (Sherman III to the British.) American forces in the ETO only used gasoline engine vehicles. The term "Tommy Cooker" is German, the British used "Ronson" as in "one strike and it lights." As the war progressed changes were made to the ammunition stowage and the amount of armour, but not the type of engine.
I'll get my anorak.