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Originally Posted by Olefin
The sections that Kate is posting are
SOVIET 74TH KGB MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT
Weapons: Standard Soviet small arms. Artillery support is provided by a battery of 120mm mortars and two self-propelled
122mm howitzers. AFVs are T-72s and T-80s; APCs are
BTR-70s and BMPs. The unit uses the BRDM-3 armored car.
also
SOVIET 19TH MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION
Weapons: Standard Soviet small arms. The 119th Tank Regiment
consists of 32 AFVs, mostly T-55s with 6 SU-130 assault
guns for long-range fire support. The divisional artillery assets
are comprised mainly of 120mm mortars, SAU-122s and
SAU-1 52s. There is also a mixed battery of BM21 and BM14
self-propelled multiple rocket launchers.
also notice that the in the below section the armored cars are not referred to as AFVs
US DETACHMENT 14, 619TH COMBAT SECURITY GROUP
The unit also has two Peacekeeper armored cars and two Commando
and also this
THE TUDEH POPULAR MOBILIZATION ARMY (PMA)
Weapons: Soviet-made small arms (mostly AKMRs) with a
few NATO weapons mixed in. AFVs are a mixture of third line
Soviet tanks (mainly T-55s) with a few captured NATO tanks
(M60A4s and Chieftains). APCs are scarce, with the infantry
either walking or riding in trucks. What few exist are usually
BTR-70s or OT-64s. The BRDM-3 is the standard armored car.
Artillery consists of 82mm and 120mm mortarsarmored cars.
Clearly Frank Frey is saying that an AFV is a tank
he makes the designation repeatedly - and he wrote the RDF as well
so that should put to rest that an AFV - for Kings Ransom and the RDF at this point as written which means they are canon as written - is a tank
that means the US Army from June of 2000 to January of 2001 received at least 35 tanks if not more to make up for any losses in that period
you can disagree if you like - but if you do then you need to treat the RDF and Kings Ransom as non-canon for saying that the US got a reinforcement of tanks - he clearly means tank with all the refernces to AFV's as tanks in Kings Ransom
not trying to force this down anyone's throat - either you believe what Frank wrote or you have to say that the module isnt canon
there arent many other choices - its one thing if he said it once - but he said it over and over and over
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Put down the whip and step away from the dead horse.
I think, thanks to kato, we can safely say that GDW misused the term AFV and in this context it means MBT.
That being said, there is still no black and white evidence in canon that the extra tanks came from Germany. They could of come from America or they could of come from the Saudis or UAE (nations that used Chieftens).
I'm nopt saying they didn't come from Germany, it's just not canon.