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Originally Posted by Olefin
Before this thread turned into a discussion on whiskey and if Aussies are Brits this was a very interesting discussion.
While it did get bogged down a lot in France there are other places that weapons could be obtained in the world post Twilight War that also merit discussion.
In the V1 timeline Japan is virtually untouched as are the Swedes. While the Japanese dont fare as well in V2 the Swedes stilll come out pretty good.
Both countries have indigenous weapon production factories that could be excellent sources of weapons post war. I could see the Swedes selling especially to the Germans, Danes, Norwegians and the Dutch and eventually the new Baltic nations and the Poles, whereas the Japanese could find customers in South Korea and China.
Another source for weapons could be Taiwan which was almost not even mentioned in the timeline. Again while most of their weapons were mods of existing vehicles you could see them being used to keep older systems going and providing a source of things like light tanks and APC's based on older American designs.
Finally another major source of weapons could be South Africa, which by virtue of the embargo on them by most of the world because of apartheid, developed their own tanks, APC's, planes, etc..
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Most military stuff in Japan is from Howa Heavy Industries, I'd say in V2 that they get a mix of U.S., Singapore and Philipine small arms. The U.S. stuff as aid, High tech parts trade for the rest.