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* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'':

** Most of the ''really'' cool stuff is at least ten thousand years old, from [[Tank Goodness|Baneblades]] to [[Humongous Mecha|Titans]] to [[Battlefleet Gothic|miles-long battle cathedrals (IN SPACE!)]].

** The Imperium used to know how to make [[Laser Blade|lightsaber-like]] swords ([[Eisenhorn]] owned one in book 1), but even ''after'' Mechanicus [[Adventurer Archaeologist|Explorators]] finally got lucky and recovered the schematics, it remains very rare at best - generally the best even officers and elites can obtain are old style metal weapons charged with disruptor fields.

** The Imperium used to know how to make [[Laser Blade|lightsaber-like]] swords ([[Eisenhorn]] owned one in book 1), but even ''after'' Mechanicus [[Adventurer Archaeologist|Explorators]] finally got lucky and recovered the schematics, it remains very rare at best - generally the best even officers and elites can obtain are old style metal weapons charged with disruptor fields. Appeared in ''[[Dark Heresy]]'', naturally.

** Not to mention the fact that the Eldar, Dark Eldar, and Necrons are still using hardware from before the ancestors of humanity ever crawled out of the primordial soup.

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== Web Original ==

* In [[The Salvation War]], specifically, ''Armageddon'', most aircraft used in the war against hell are museum pieces which were long since retired. Tanks and other armoured units are also brought out of retirement and storage, a WWII Panzer showing up at one point.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' had an off-screen moment when retired General Karl Tagon responded to sounds of a firefight next door [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-07-04 with a carbine] which was always hanging on the wall and assumed to be just a show piece even by the General's son - and "proceeded to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy" who was prepared to fight with a bunch of whatever killer robots his [[Mad Scientist]] neighbour had stashed.

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* The Italian Air Force used the F-104 until 2004 in spite not only of the extreme age of the design (the airplane was first flew in 2004, with the Italian F-104S version being manufactured between 1964 and 1979) but of its tendence to crash. It helped it was actually ''faster'' than the more modern F-16 that had been considered to replace it in the 1980s...

** Also the old Carcano (dating back to 1891) and Garand rifles are still kept in the arsenals to be used by the reserve in case of war.

*** 6.5 Mannlicher Carcano had [http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/20247-the-misunderstood-65-mannlicher-carcano/ long and messed up history]. The ones that really are 1891 at least were made before wartime shortcuts affected the quality. But then, ammunition can be a problem too.

* Some vehicle museums keep ''all'' their display vehicle in working order.