- pineyyou know you just opened up a hornet's nest right Bob?
- DontosInteresting....
A few thoughts on quantifying the subject:
1) Do you qualify production numbers in "tank series" (ie Sherman, Stuart, T34,...) or "specific variant"? (ie M4, M4A1 M4A2, M4A4, T34/76, T34/85,....)
2) Do you specify 'original' country of build production figures or just overall figures (including export licensed production)?
Without a clearly defined point of discussion, you might spin into a popularity contest, which does not do the topic any justice.
Such 'amaturish' historical discussions are best left for the History Channel.
Don
- bsmart
An interesting offshoot and possibly more subject to judgement calls would be Which tank was in production the longest? In that case would Anniston rebuilds of M60s count as 'production'? (They were given new serial numbers) but the beginning and end dates of series production should be fairly easy to pin down.
- bsmartI believe the 'Grizzly' production in Canada would count with the Sherman production (I probably need to check but I believe they were sraight license built M4A1 vehicles).
- Doug_Kibbey- bsmart
An interesting offshoot and possibly more subject to judgement calls would be Which tank was in production the longest? In that case would Anniston rebuilds of M60s count as 'production'? (They were given new serial numbers) but the beginning and end dates of series production should be fairly easy to pin down.
Bob,
While it's up to you to establish the criteria for your own question, I'm inclined to think of a "rebuild" as just that. If it doesn't involve casting a new hull (or components thereof, if welded), then maybe it's not really "in production". This gets really fuzzy if one makes the same distinction regarding the turret, however. Was an M60A2 "new production" or a "rebuild" to newer type. How many were based on existing hulls originally part of, or slated for, M60A1 production ("calling Joe D., calling Joe D.....")
Can of worms, indeed!
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