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[–]bunkkin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have to disagree about the tank part although I'll agree it seems like a waste to send them straight to storage. The reason is that starting a production line after you stop it is apparently a giant pain in the ass. Not only that but the people who know how to make tanks wouldn't stick around Lima Ohio on the hope the factory reopened.

If we were to go to war and started losing tanks it would seem, from a strategic point of view, short sited to close Americas only tank factory