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==Legacy== [[File:MBT-70_U.S._Army_Armor_&_Cavalry_Collection.jpg|thumb|right|MBT-70 with suspension lowered at the [[U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection]]]] In a post-mortem report of his four years on the project, American program manager Brig. Gen. Bernard Luczak attributed the high cost of the tank to the difficulties of managing a joint program. Luczak claimed [[General Motors]] charged a premium for its defense contract work, which it considered insignificant compared to its burgeoning automotive business.<ref name="King">{{cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=Orr |title=King of the Killing Zone |url=https://archive.org/details/kingofkillingzon00kell |date=1989 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company, Inc |isbn=0-425-12304-9 |location=New York, New York |pages=13β43 |language=English |chapter=In the Footsteps of the Dinosaur}}</ref> In the 1989 book ''King of the Killing Zone'' author Orr Kelly called the end of the MBT-70 program, "one of the most fortunate occurrences to befall the U.S. Army."<ref name="King"/>
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