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Originally Posted by Mike Kelly
You would think the Govt. could have put the Cruisers in storage or used them for training rather than scrapping them so quickly.
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I suspect they felt that storing tanks costs even more money, while selling them for scrap metal at least brings back
some of the investments. Never underestimate beancounters …
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Originally Posted by Mike Kelly
The drawings for the manufacture of spare parts would have been available
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But who would want to tool up to make those parts if there are warehouses full of Sherman spares in the USA and elsewhere?