The Economics of Owning a Tank

You can actually buy a tank. Here's what nobody tells you about what happens after the auction hammer falls. There's no tank dealership — just a strange three-layered market, from $5,000 surplus Humvees on GovPlanet to running Shermans trading for half a million. This is the full ledger: the law that turns a working main gun into a registered destructive device, the fuel math measured in gallons per mile, the Texas ranch charging thousands per trigger pull, and Jacques Littlefield — the man who built the greatest tank collection on earth, and the 2014 auction that proved even winning ends in a dispersal sale. Would you buy the running Sherman, or gamble on the project hull at a tenth of the price? Comment below. ⚙️ Chapters: 00:00 The dream 00:49 Who actually sells tanks 02:59 What you inherit with it 05:24 How a tank makes money 07:35 The other side of the ledger 10:16 The trap nobody sees 11:14 Jacques Littlefield 14:04 The survivors 15:10 Does it actually work? #Military #Economics #Business