04-04-2024, 06:38 AM
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Location: Columbus, OH
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Originally Posted by Raellus
Welcome, Eukie!
I can't find any mention of the existing M103 Heavy Tanks past retirement in 1972. Apparently, 10 reside in museums here and there, but that's it.
Interestingly, the M103 never received an official nickname like other American MBTs, nor did they ever set tread outside of the USA.
Given the 1989 date of your Cold-War-gone-hot scenario, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that the the bulk of the M103 were still in storage in some USMC depot when WW3 started.
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I've seen at least 2 M103s parked at VFW halls around Ohio before 1990. I remember having to look them up in a book, as they didn't look like exactly like M48/M60s.
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