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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
No, it doesn't. There is a finite supply of parts and by no means something for every possible action or break down. Then, there are limits to what the people there (if their alive) are able to make on site. Some of that requires smelters, multi ton casting, and the machinery to work on something very large indeed, like a tanks road wheels or drive bogie. Given years, sure. In the need, right now, of active fighting something not in the supply chain is going to get abandoned or burned then abandoned. There is no way that Littlefield has an endless supply of parts, filters, belts, track pads, and all ephemera for sustained combat. Enough with months to prepare for a vanity lap outside, perhaps.
An M113 is atleast current. Though M113 versus A2 or A3 and the engine parts would be a 350 gasoline motor. Just enough armor for big bullets and shrapnel to enter then bounce around inside shredding the passengers.
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Sorry but in this case you are wrong - Littlefield literally had thousands of parts at his place - when they auctioned it all off even the people who worked there couldnt believe how much he had - every tank and armored vehicle he had was eventually supposed to be restored and he had the parts to do it. As for making parts - he literally brought tanks back to life that came in as wrecks - his guys werent just mechanics off the street - they were specialists in welding armored vehicles, making spare parts by hand you name it. Now does that mean those vehicles could be working for years - probably not - but a few months in order to give the 40th the added punch in kicking the Mexicans south to at least LA if not further south - yes they would last that long for sure.
Again this isnt your average collector we are talking about here - he had over 200 military vehicles in his collection. That what being a multi-millionaire (several times over) can get you