Anybody know anything about this?

[Blink_Dog]

Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer

Pity they're all out of service, still, I suppose there's only so far you can take a single design before you're either effectively building an entirely new tank or fiscally better off buying some of the tons of surplus armor that's out there now - T62, T72, T80, T90, M60A3, Leopard I (or II!) or even M1 Abrams if you can afford it and the operating costs.

I would think in the cold war setting of first edition, and second even they would have been kept in reserve or storage just in case. Worst case scenario they would have been sold to Mexico. Most armies around the world now since the end of the cold war are smaller and higher trained, but during the cold war period it was all about numbers.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Blink_Dog

I would think in the cold war setting of first edition, and second even they would have been kept in reserve or storage just in case. Worst case scenario they would have been sold to Mexico. Most armies around the world now since the end of the cold war are smaller and higher trained, but during the cold war period it was all about numbers.

Certainly; a Brazil with better things to do post-'97 might even (potentially) sell a few off to friendly nations. A platoon of M5/X1A1s in Europe, anyone? Although it's more likely if they DID sell them off or lend/lease them it'd be to a nearby country. The tiny bit of sea-lift capability the US has by '98-'99 is going to be dedicated to the Atlantic Convoys, and locations in the pacific and middle east, not dashing off to Brazil to pick up a gaggle of WWII vehicles-on-steroids.

[Legbreaker]

Apparently the XLF-40 proved to be rubbish with conflicting information stating there was either only 50 built, or just the one prototype (probably the former with only the prototype remaining today).
Although it could carry three reasonably heavy rockets, it was only three, was difficult to reload, and had terrible accuracy. All rather significant problems for what's supposed to be an MLRS.