What do the Australian members of the group think about the possibility of the general worsening of tensions in the world once the Soviet-Chinese War kicks off justifying a crash program to replace/augment the Leo 1s in service? Facing an increased potential for ops in Korea or elsewhere alongside US troops, I could see a transfer of M1s like some of the proposals floated in real life.
Refurbished M1s with the 105mm guns could have been provided basically for free or super cheap and would provide a current generation MBT circa 90s that shared calibers with the Leo 1s.
Maybe more Leo 1s could have been obtained from the West Germans as they were fielding the Leo 2 as well to allow potential Australian expeditionaries to have some more teeth and hitting power.
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