Oh I totally agree with you - anything going to the US has the AFV's left behind. Taking tanks to the RDF to explain the tank reinforcment was discussed and unless we can get Frank Frey to weigh in on it is one possibility of many on how the US gets those extra tanks in the RDF.
(Heck the French could even transfer them to the RDF from their own stocks and that could explain the missing vehicles we have been discussing - i.e. they didnt lose them they gave them to the US in January of 2001 - on the premise of better to have the US use them and fight the Russians with them then us having to do it)
And arming them makes a lot of sense - keep in mind how vulnerable a civilian ship is to even a 40mm cannon. You dont need to be a big ship to take out a civilian ship.
And considering the state of recon - as in there is no recon satellite ability to warn them - if they cant defend themselves a lot of men are goign to be at risk
Take it from me - no matter how much those guys want to go home after seeing Soviet commerce raiders sink ships full of men there is no way they are getting on the evac ships unless they can defend themselves
they would take their chances in Europe first or say if thats your idea of a trip home then where do I sign up with the Germans
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