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Hi
TimMc,
That is
absolutely fascinating! I know you wouldn't mention this without already having
taken some pictures of this great long hallway
filled with hundreds of models...
(homer
simpson drooling voice: mmmmm....hundreds of models......) you
wouldn't
tease
us without sharing visuals, right? Right?
Nick
Kingston Armored Defense Force
Kingston, WA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:11
PM
Subject: Tanks for the concept
>Don't know about there, there is a long history of tanks
being ordered for
>production then not being >made.
Erick
We have (actually had as it's being remodeled) a long hallway
at TACOM
filled with 100s of models of combat varients that never went
into full
production. I'll guess 20 varients near production for
every one actually
produced in quantity. Of those 20, three or so
will go into low production
with 5-20 actually constructed of
each. We pulled a couple out of mothballs
for the war in
Iraq. Scrapping a combat program is nothing compared with
the local Detroit auto industry and what they scrap out. Funny - I
have an
original pastel from the early 50's showing hover tanks
with nuclear
explosions going off in the distance. Haven't seen
any hover tanks produced
in volume, but there were some
made.
TimMc
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