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Although I've had experience working on my dad's halftrack, I think it has a lot more in common with trucks from the period than fully-tracked vehicles. My dream tank is a Leopard 1 to romp around my property with. But what does it take to maintain one?
Stuff I can think of off the top of my head:
Does any of this change for smaller armor like the CVRT family or FV432s besides the amount of fuel and grease needed? What about big and inexpensive armor like a lot of things former Soviet?
Stuff I can think of off the top of my head:
- Grease (like anything else that moves)
- Fuel - lots of it (like the big trucks)
- Spare parts - I'm not sure where I'd start, and I don't think this is an easy one
- Tracks - I'm familiar with the costs and maintenance of halftrack tracks, but not mechanically-linked tracks.
- Big tools - bigger than what's used for the big trucks? At least have a 5-ton wrecker on hand?
- I'm not looking to make any weapons functional - too much red tape it seems, especially in NY!
Does any of this change for smaller armor like the CVRT family or FV432s besides the amount of fuel and grease needed? What about big and inexpensive armor like a lot of things former Soviet?