I agree that come late 1997 (post nukes) any vehicles in a theatre are likely to stay in theatre. It would have to be fairly common knowledge that the situation back home is terrible and that any damaged vehicles sent back are either not coming back, or will simply sit there unrepaired.
The flow of replacement vehicles and parts would also have dried up so keeping what a unit has, no matter what it's condition, would be very important. They many not be repairable by the unit, but they still represent a valuable source of spares.
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