Nick Johns Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) I know this has been US policy for some mv's for a few years, but it seems all surplus mv's are now to be scrapped http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=5963498&convertTo=USD The online petition if you want to add your support to change the decision https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-surplus-sale-all-ex-military-vehicles-private-citizens-collection-farm-use-and-volunteer-fd/8dl1F0CG Edited January 3, 2013 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Obviously NOT as hard up for cash, as they are always Bleating then?..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Thing is by the time you work out the admin costs of casting vehicles, there probably worth just as much as scrap. Also the American legal habit of suieing anyone for anything, the US Goverment would be free of any past liability if some numpty has an acident. There is also the economic argumet that came up after WW2. If you release a lot of cheap ex military vehicles onto the civillian market, who is going to pay for a new one from the manufacturer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I have been shouting this from the roof tops for a while now. Canada is doing the same with it's current vehicle disposal of the MLVW fleet. All being cut up. Makes any that escape worth more. Our history is going in the melting pot. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15cwt Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 The US Government may be scrapping all military vehicles rather than flooding the market with cheap surplus vehicles, does sound like a good idea. What might make that ring hollow is that any public agency can apply to the disposing agency for the loan of vehicles at no purchase cost. When the vehicles are no longer required they are returned to the government. Sounds like ' do as I say, not as I do'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokarev Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 The Gov here is not scrapping all MVs - go to the http://www.govliquidation.com/ web site and start buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 M818 with just 10 hours on the clock, what would that make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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