"With our few numbers of everything it ain't rocket science to be able to work out the rationale for buying US equipment 'off the shelf' with no Oz mods unless minor."
I agree re buying OTS.
It wouldn't worry me if we had 1 or 100, they are only metal machinery and it's only money. Even though we only have a few, more can easily be purchased. Plus the fact that losing one or more should have been factored into the war attrition tables.
The above is not the case for the people.
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