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Old 06-12-05, 18:18
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Default Re: Importation of AFV's into the USA

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Originally posted by Neil Ashley
...preventing the importation of American manufactured armoured vehicles back into the USA.

...there may have been a problem with lend lease vehicles, but I had not heard of a total ban of this type.
Neil, I think this is the same. Shortly after WW2 the large auto manufacturers initiated a law banning any Amercan manufactured vehicle supplied under Lend-Lease from being brought back into the US. This was done to prevent their home market being flooded by ex-Army vehicles, thus seriously threatening the manufacture of new vehicles. I believe today this law is mainly applied to armed/armoured vehicles, would be interested to hear if they apply it to unarmoured and unarmed trucks as well.

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