He was collecting stuff back when the Cold War was still hot - and he got a lot of his Soviet stuff from places like Egypt and Israel that either didnt need it anymore or who had captured it in fighting
Look at his tank's that still have live barrels
Conqueror - long out of service with the British even during our Cold War
AMX-13 - being phased out by the French
Super Sherman - he got that in trade for some stuff that an Israeli museum wanted
the Centurion Mk13 - again out of service when he got it
all you need is a guy with a lot of money and a lot of interest and a lot of passion and connections - Littlefield had them all
as for ammo - again lots of money can do wonderous things to find hard to get items - if he had the money to buy the tanks then getting a small quantity of shells is probably well within his means - maybe one complete ammo load per vehicle worth - but I wouldnt bet against it
and frankly if you can believe a lot of the other things in the T2K timeline then Littlefield having a Conqueror and Mk13 Centurion is a pretty small pill to swallow
and he had a shop and technicians who could and did take tanks and equipment that were basically wrecks and restore them to operation on a regular basis - pretty handy guy to have around
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