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"Clare Snyder"  wrote in message 
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I used to run an ex-military Dodge PowerWagon (1946?) as a tow truck.
About 48MPH wide open downhill with a tailwind - slightly faster if
you dropped it over a cliff

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One of the fastest WW2 military vehicles was a tank, the M18 Hellcat tank 
destroyer with light thin armor. A nearby museum owns one that they have 
taken out in MA traffic where it's one of the few vehicles that gets 
complete respect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_Hellcat
"The Hellcat was the most effective U.S. tank destroyer of World War II. It 
had a higher kill-to-loss ratio than any other tank or tank destroyer 
fielded by U.S. forces in World War II."

In Germany I occasionally encountered tanks on the roads. Once I veered into 
the woods to avoid a British convoy. I've helped push an antique cannon down 
a winding back road. The expression on drivers who suddenly found themselves 
staring into its muzzle was priceless.