Did some checking and Dry Rot is a environmental condition event, if stored in a dry, cool place-like a Bolt Hole they could probably survive some time, maybe even 150 years. But if stored in a wet, or a hot humid environment there going to start to dry rot very quickly. Which makes long term use of tired vehicle's a problem in the South West and the North West as vehicles up there if let sit, and not maintained will soon lose there tires, and not only that any other rubber items inside, like hoses and wire covers.
In many ways, the fact that each team is supposed to be somewhat self sufficient might be a death knell for there Commando's, lacking a supply of spare parts for there vehicle's or even a central area to go for basic repairs or replacement of parts and equipment. Might not be a major problem if they were supposed to wake up only a few years of going under, but a 150 year gap will cause issues. In many ways this is a perfect way to separate a team from there armor support, the very fact that replacement tires, hoses, and wire insulation will wear out in the wrong environment and spare parts aren't readily available.
Maybe the Morrow Project had set up regional repair depots for this problem?
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