>>>Given the combatants mentioned here -- and the cutoff date -- I take
>>>it not even the Co-Prosperity Sphere's Tankers think that their
>>>WW2-era's namesake's tanks are worth bothering with?
>>
>>Well, the list is not meant to be comprehensive, but in general, no.
>>Not many survivors from the Pacific theater in any event. They didn't
>>hold up so well. Humidity, you know.
>
>... would that matter? The plans would still be available. You could
>get a lot of mileage out of surprising the enemy team with something
>that has a performance profile they're unfamiliar with even if the
>actual tank is mediocre.
>
>Although I will note that I'm parsing "designed and built" as "you
>must use a tank design that was built prior to May 8th,
>1945" rather than "you must use an actual hull that rolled off the
>assembly line prior to that date."
>
>Because, I mean, the latter would basically ensure that that form of
>the sport eventually died out. Tanks wear out. They wear out fast.
>Especially once from that era. Treads alone probably need to be
>replaced after every single match, so that's already one major
>component you'd have to very quickly switch to using modern repros of.
>Eventually you'd have people rolling around in hulls in which every
>single major component (including, er, the hull) had been replaced
>with something machined well after 1945.
>
>Would make more sense if everyone were using modern repros rather than
>actually things that were busting down hedgerows in the bocage.

Reproductions are allowed in the original show, if built with the same materials:

3-01 Participating vehicles' specifications

The only vehicles allowed to participate are the following :

• Vehicles whose design was completed before August 15, 1945
  
• Vehicles that had begun prototype trials by the aforementioned date
  
• Vehicles whose construction was planned using only materials available before the aforementioned date
  
• Vehicles which meet these requirements must be confirmed to be constructed using materials that were available at that time.
  

For vehicles that never advanced from the planning stage, the League will decide on their eligibility on a case-by-case basis.

However, in the event that there is difficulty supplying the appropriate parts, the League may determine the allowable extent of reproductions and modifications.
(from Rules of Sensha-do)

--- Philip

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