Originally Posted by
tdracer
Does anyone know if these are new-build Abrams? I was under the impression that production of new Abrams stopped several years ago - that the 'newer' Abrams were simply older Abrams that had been upgraded and refurbished to 'zero time'.
In other words, is the US Army reducing it's tank forces by 250?
They are rebuilds, so yes technically US abrams stockpiles are going down by 250, but they have so many stashed it wont be a blip. If you got good google fu, discovery did a series "megafactories" one was about abrams tanks where they showed the stripdown, rebuild/upgrade. In the background you will see tanks with a kangaroo on them. They were the tanks being rebuilt for australia