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Originally Posted by cawest
so will the Brits or Belize, recover any of the Guatemalan M41 Walker Bulldog tanks. if they do so who will crew them? just recovering the turrets and co-aux much less the main guns could be useful..
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I think it is unlikely just given the composition of the British and BDF force. The British battalion is a Territorial Army unit pulled from home defense duties. They have mostly Land Rovers with maybe a handful of Bedford trucks, but nothing powerful enough to tow a disabled light tank while their maintenance team lacks the tools, expertise, manpower and spares to work on it. Belize is a poor country so I think it is unlikely that there would be much similar capacity on the civilian side. If they retain control of the battlefield!
With that said, it might be possible for one or more of the knocked out tanks, if they didn't burn, to be emplaced as pillboxes at key points, or even in the jungle yards from where they were stopped.
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