Yes, ARVs and AEVs will be rare, but rare != extinct. The FV-180 is in the NATO CVH, which admits only 141 of them were built. This suggests that at least one is still in existence and can be owned or encountered by PCs.
As a GM, I would be delighted if my players told me they wanted an engineering or recovery vehicle over a tank or IFV. That's a clear message that they're planning to think outside the proverbial armored box rather than going for straight combat power, and players who do that are more likely to entertain me.
IMO, one of this forum's great weaknesses is that we too often get fixated on verisimilitude (and combat stats) at the expense of storytelling.
- C.
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