[Milsurplus] ARC 5 and others

[William Donzelli]

> WWII generated some massive pork.

Does Scott ring a bell?

The lean 1930s also generated pork, but possibly just to keep some of the 
contractors alive. 

> Look at all the different contracts for BC-348s.  
> Three big contractors could easily have filled the orders, 
> but that particular pork pie got sliced into a great many pieces.

I am no so sure about this. Most of the big contractors of World War 2 
were way over the top in terms of capacity, so letting some of the 
smaller guys in the game just made sense.

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org