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[-] ItsPequod@hexbear.net 23 points 10 months ago

Fun tank fact! Due to a tendency for the M4 sherman to explode into flames when hit in the ammunition, it was devised to stow the ammo in water, coining the term "wet stowage"

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

we mwust stowe ouw ammow in wet stowage uwu

[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So that's where that comes from! I'm always telling my friends about my wet stowage, now I know

that is a fun fact though, thank you

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