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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I am thinking back here..you know even WWII diesel was not the fuel of
choice..German tanks used it, but ours did not IIRC. they caught fire
most spectacularly.

The reason 'we' didn't use diesel was the desire of the brass to only have
to supply one fuel to the battlefield, etc.
Germany had a problem with petrol supplies but not so much with diesel.

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