"Eventually in '98/'99/2000 the various national/state/local/quasi-official military and para-military forces might start trying to requisition the older and more obscure decommissioned military vehicles, and that will most likely be because they start encountering them in the hands of non-official groups. That's when panic will set in, mainly at the local level.
State Guard company commander: "Oh my God, those bandits down in Smithsville have got themselves some kind of armoured vehicle, initial reports suggest it's a Sherman tank. We have to deal with them before things really get out of hand. We need to take that tank intact if we can, if not we have to destroy it"."
Completely agree with you there Targan!! Think of what happens in the Ozarks module when suddenly MilGov units are getting nailed because New America has air power and they dont as an example. You would have to figure that they would be scrounging suddenly for anti-aircraft weapons of any type or flyable aircraft or whatever, where a month before they couldnt care less.
If your patrol gets jumped by marauders with Ferrets or a Sherman tank suddenly fixing that old M-60 sitting in front of the local VFW becomes a heck of a lot more urgent.
Think back to Krakow - the maruders who nailed Team Zulu had a BMP-C - and that one vehicle made them a force to be feared. When all you have is rifles and shotguns and pistols even an enemy force using old armored bank cars would make you want to get that display or museum piece tank back into operation and quickly.
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