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Old 19-01-23, 11:15
Jakko Westerbeke Jakko Westerbeke is offline
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You would think the Govt. could have put the Cruisers in storage or used them for training rather than scrapping them so quickly.
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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The drawings for the manufacture of spare parts would have been available
But who would want to tool up to make those parts if there are warehouses full of Sherman spares in the USA and elsewhere?
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