Similarly, North American Aviation, which didn't make any fighter planes before WWII, made the P51 Mustang, arguably one of the best planes of the war

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John Deere also floated the idea of up-armored tractors. It didn't go through, which is stupid because they'd be cheaper and easier to drive and work on, not to mention if you wanted to strategically acquire an enemy tank, you could with it.

But for real, I love the Sherman. Most versatile tank of World War 2, that was. Can't take out a Tiger, put a bigger gun on it.

Really? John Deere wanted to make armored tractors?

I'm not making that up.

Dang.