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Panzerleader71
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kiasutha
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Mk-1:
My thoughts about to a letter.
Add in all the towed and sp guns that usually showed up in batteries of 4 or 6, (or even 2's or 3's) transports in "as needed" numbers, and tank and AC platoons of anywhere from 2 to about 7...
But everything was packed in "5's", regardless of nationality or historic organization.
And for some years, they made only WW2; so modern orgs need not apply either...
Back in the beginning, GHQ vehicles were just under 40 to 50 cents a piece.
I remember the first "pricey" $2.45 packs; wasn't the Tiger 1 the first of them?
And they were all in foam padded clear styrene boxes of 2 standard sizes...
With those prices & type of packaging, you need a quantity that pays to sell "per pack".
Maybe the "standard" US and German tank platoon of 5 had something to do with deciding it, but beyond that I'd say it's nothing more than standardization and good business sense.
My thoughts about to a letter.
Add in all the towed and sp guns that usually showed up in batteries of 4 or 6, (or even 2's or 3's) transports in "as needed" numbers, and tank and AC platoons of anywhere from 2 to about 7...
But everything was packed in "5's", regardless of nationality or historic organization.
And for some years, they made only WW2; so modern orgs need not apply either...
Back in the beginning, GHQ vehicles were just under 40 to 50 cents a piece.
I remember the first "pricey" $2.45 packs; wasn't the Tiger 1 the first of them?
And they were all in foam padded clear styrene boxes of 2 standard sizes...
With those prices & type of packaging, you need a quantity that pays to sell "per pack".
Maybe the "standard" US and German tank platoon of 5 had something to do with deciding it, but beyond that I'd say it's nothing more than standardization and good business sense.