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Originally Posted by Olefin
In some cases they would have fabricated parts at machine shops from 40 and 50 year old drawings.
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Back in the day, every tank and mech battalion had machine shops with some impressive tools in them. They would actually make parts for our M60A3s if they didn't have them. Obviously, some things were beyond us making, like optics, but you'd be surprised what they could do, even out in the field! As an aside, the M60s are pretty darm similar to an M48, which is only somewhat evolved from the M47. So I'd assume that a Chaffee would not be that much harder to work on.
11-17-2012, 06:51 AM
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