> On Jul 21, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Kurt Feltenberger <xxxxxx@thepaw.org> wrote:
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> On 7/21/2015 6:13 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>>> p.s. I also wonder if the US managed to improve on the design as far as such 'mishaps' are concerned. Does anyone know if the UK or Axis MTB's had similar problems?
>> Well the Wikipedia page on US PT boats doesn’t really mention the issue; I could well be misremembering the book it’s been a long time since I read it.
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> The issue, IIRC, from They Were Expendable, was from either low octane fuel or paraffin (or both?) that contaminated it.

You know, that sounds familiar. I should dig it up and see.

I could see analogous situations in the TU: Imperial units stuck on invaded systems during the FFW, for example, or during Hard Times; trying to get parts and consumables for their equipment.

They’d understand PDQ why the 1st Imperium used the same main infantry weapons and vehicles for a few thousand years :-)

“Sarge I found the parts for our rifles and the modulator for the broke-down G-Carrier!”
“Great! where?”
“The Museum of Ancient History!”

:-)

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
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