1st US Army / XII Corps

[HorseSoldier]

Any at Gulf Coast ports not irradiated too badly would be a pretty easy haul to Texas via rail, and would have probably been sent to bolster 49th AD and other units there.

[Abbott Shaull]

Yeah I know...The west coast would of went to the 40th and the gulf coast to the 49th. East Coast would of been up for grabs...

[Rainbow Six]

I guess you could make a case for any recovered armour on the south east coast ending up at Fort Benning with the CivGov units based there (or maybe Fort Bragg)? Still think anything found on the north east coast from spring 1999 onwards would have stayed in the north east though.

Just out of interest, in a V1 timeline was there anywhere in CONUS the US Army would have sent any armour that had been damaged in Europe or elsewhere but could be shipped back to be repaired?

[HorseSoldier]

In the post-nuclear chaos and displacement, I'd think that just about anybody who could grab control of port facilities or interdict rail lines might end up in possession of some armor. This could include MilGov or CivGov units who diverted stuff headed for the front because they felt they needed them more, New America enclaves, local warlords or communities, or even Mexican/Division Cuba forces who overran ports in southern California and Texas. I doubt there was all that much stuff laying around to begin with after almost a year of high intensity conflict in multiple theaters, but it could turn up most anywhere in most anyone's hands by 2000. (Access to a good deal of military kit might help explain why the Warlord of Memphis seems to have been such a pain in the ass for MilGov, for instance.)

As far as armor repair/refurbishing, Anniston Army Depot in Alabama does rebuilds on M1s and assorted other AFVs in real life. I don't know if they were the only facility set up to do that work in the Cold War era. I'd think doing even extensive repair work in theater would make better logistical sense than shipping damaged tanks back CONUS and then back over to Europe or where ever in a WW3 scenario where sealift and airlift have to have been badly stressed.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by HorseSoldier

As far as armor repair/refurbishing, Anniston Army Depot in Alabama does rebuilds on M1s and assorted other AFVs in real life.

Red River Army Depot near Texarkana used to do that, I believe into the late 1990s. They employed a lot of people in Texarkana.

[Legbreaker]

I agree that come late 1997 (post nukes) any vehicles in a theatre are likely to stay in theatre. It would have to be fairly common knowledge that the situation back home is terrible and that any damaged vehicles sent back are either not coming back, or will simply sit there unrepaired.
The flow of replacement vehicles and parts would also have dried up so keeping what a unit has, no matter what it's condition, would be very important. They many not be repairable by the unit, but they still represent a valuable source of spares.

[pmulcahy11b]

So that's why the stocks of vehicles go down so drastically. It's not just that so many have been destroyed, it's that there are so few that still work. Some relatively stationary units may actually maintain "junkyards" for spare parts.

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by HorseSoldier

I'd think doing even extensive repair work in theater would make better logistical sense than shipping damaged tanks back CONUS and then back over to Europe or where ever in a WW3 scenario where sealift and airlift have to have been badly stressed.

Good point...it was just a passing thought I had, but thinking some more about it what you say sounds much more logical...

[Abbott Shaull]

There are suppose to be Maintenance units that are able to carry out these types of repairs in the rear of the theater of operation. It just cheaper to outsource such repairs during peace time. In fact, many of these employees would be used to bring such designated units up to speed while the shops back home would update vehicle before they were to deployed overseas.

[Webstral]

The idea of civilians doing some of this work overseas leads to some interesting character generation possibilities. Some of these folks could find themselves drafted into forward support units in 1998 and beyond.

Webstral