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Originally Posted by natehale1971
i see... the bad thing is, the biggest allies i see getting the M113s that were not sold/given to the police, state guard and territorial guard during the years before the Euro-Soviet War would have been the PRC and Mexico in my altered timeline.
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You mean the ROC aka Taiwan right? Do they use the M113? Mexico likely does, however their is no Political capital to make foisting them off onto unstable Allies or to woo one away from the other side. Their is a point to refurbishing your own stuff in Depot too. All that Armor out there is usually on loan if it is a display, the DoD still owns it. Unless it was designated surplus / scrapped because these are not being fielded any more.
So I can see them going to South Africa to woo them away from the Soviet sphere and keep the Cape open to NATO see traffic. To the Phillipines our old Friends and Allies in the South Pacific, to Portugal for the Azores Airfields, to Israel to counter the Soviets in Syria, to bolster Turkey as it shares borders with the USSR. To Norway for the same reason. To the FRG to bolster their second echelon units, and the same with Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Luxembourg.
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Turning one into a mortar carrier or that level of alteration is possible, given the right tools and materials. Not sure how easy that would be in T2K when every last existing hull is likely to be refurbished rather than altered. Replacing old parts is much simpler than cutting and shutting...
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Exactly, faster to remove and replace, then to cut and fabricate. May or May not be improved to a new model, parts and compatibility being an issue.