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Comment by sspiff

9 years ago

An M4 Sherman weighed about 35 tons when including fuel, crew and ammunition. So technically, it could hold two, though it would be a risky endeavor.

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rubatuga  9 years ago

35 tons is close to 70000lbs

  • abduhl  9 years ago

    not to be pedantic, but in America 35 tons is exactly 70,000 lbs

  • sspiff  9 years ago

    Oops, I misread the comment about the bridge. I would assume German bridges would use metric measures.

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