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Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer
Depends on who has them. If by "Tanks" you mean main battle tanks (anything from the 30's onward) then they're either static, or in the hands of people who know what to do with them, and they might - depending on whatever warlord, would-be politician or MilGov wants - be pressed into service by 2000 (in the 'states, I mean).
With that said, there's owning a tank, and there's owning a tank and knowing what to do with it.
If the M48 in front of the VFW was maintained by a group of ageing Vietnam vets whose life expectancies have been cut short by wartime exigency and to boot they didn't really have a warehouse full of spare parts for when something breaks, odds are that tank is going to become more of a liability than an asset. Best to park it at an important overpass and sit there and look menacing.
But if you mean something the size of the Jacques Littlefield collection which is supported by a huge machine shop and more than a few skilled mechanics, that might become a real asset.
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The Littlefield collection, for sure, would have been pressed into service in CA for MilGov - especially considering how tank poor most of the units are there, both on MilGov and the Mexican side. Those tanks would prove crucial in any MilGov attempt to take back southern CA.