re: #98 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I read that the Bosch engine bearings on a Panther Tank had a life of nearly 10 years - at a time when most tanks did not last more than six weeks on the battlefield.

The Maybach HL230 was a really well made engine. Of course, that mattered little when it was sitting in a brewed-up wreck.