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Old 12th Apr 2016, 6:23 pm   #27
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Default Re: ISB Receivers

I think I'd heard that commercial marine equipment was often effectively leased and had to be either destroyed when the vessel was scrapped or returned to the lessor- where the same fate was likely to ensue, as the supplying manufacturer was keen on keeping the flow of new kit going. Shame, as some rather good stuff must have been trashed.

Maybe I've mis-understood, or been told a tall tale, but the low survival rate would give credibilty. Military stuff was presumably effectively an outright purchase, so seemingly there was less incentive for a tightly accounting mechanism and a little of it came back to those who had coughed up the money in the first place....
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