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		sspiff on Oct 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Mapped the Wor... 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.

rubatuga on Oct 1, 2017 [–]

35 tons is close to 70000lbs

abduhl on Oct 1, 2017 | | [–]

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

sspiff on Oct 2, 2017 | | [–]

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

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