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In WWII we tooled up to make tanks, ships, and planes in less time than we've now failed to tool up just to make masks. Which, needless to say, are less comple
by CydeWeys 6y ago
In WWII we tooled up to make tanks, ships, and planes in less time than we've now failed to tool up just to make masks. Which, needless to say, are less complex than tanks, ships, and planes, and our level of manufacturing technology is now much higher too.
- TylerE 6y agoManufacturing has changed. Back then everything was done by hand - vast changeovers were much easier.. Plus the machines already existed. They weren't making tanks in textile mills....they were making them in car plants.
- formerly_proven 6y agoMaking rifles involves literal tons of highly specialized tool machines that are only used for making rifles. Just look at a barrel or action and try to figure out how these were machined accurately in the 1920s.
- TylerE 6y agoAnd rifles continued to be made by.... armories.
- Ancapistani 6y agoAbsent those specialized machine tools (like a rifling machine), any machine shop could produce components.
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