From: Richard Lathrop (lathrrs@snip.net)
Date: Fri Aug 13 2004 - 03:26:58 PDT
Steve,
I have read your posts and I have been on the list long enough to remember the last go around with this.
There is an exception to every rule. Under the guidelines if the country using the equipment has modified it enough to be considered a seperate vehicle it is not subject to the restrictions of the SME list.
What exactly this modification is, is not defined in the list.
Thanks,
Rick
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:24:52 -0400
>Just reread my post and found one thing that could be misleading:
>
>>To sum up... if you wish to import vehicles which are armored (Sherman,
>>Ferret, etc.), unarmored but specialized in certain ways (like bridge
>>layers), unarmored but designed around a weapons mount (M110, etc),
>>unarmored but designed to recover military vehicles (various heavy tow
>>trucks), or unarmored but amphibious (DUKW, Stalwart, etc.) you need to
>>get special permission from BATF. Specifically, a Form 6 which can be
>>found here:
>>
>><http://www.atf.gov/firearms/form6nia/index.htm>
>>
>>Doesn't matter what the country of manufacture or origin is. That is the
>>law folks.
>
>What I mean by this is that you need the Form 6 no matter what country
>the vehicle is from. HOWEVER, the Form 6 does not trump the restrictions
>of Lend Lease. In other words, you can not import anything US made,
>whether it is SME or not, if it is not properly cleared by the State
>Department first under the provisions of Lend Lease. The latter can
>happen as a result of a government to government negotiation (as I
>presume Norway's big surplus action in the 1980s was) or apparently an
>individual having enough money/connections to secure himself a personal
>arrangement (then apply for a Form 6 if need be).
>
>At least that is how I understand it works.
>
>Steve
>
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