Originally Posted by
tdracer
OK, I'm confused. I though new production of M1 Abrams tanks had ended decades ago - the 'production line' had been repurposed into an overhaul facility.
Do we really still have the capability for "new built' Abrams?
As recently as 2019 there were export contracts for places like Taiwan, so maybe the US Army doesn't need any new production, but some of the foreign customers do. I'll do some more digging.
GDL won a $2.6bn contract from the US Army to upgrade up to 786 M1A1 Abrams to the newly configured M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3, in December 2017. The US Government approved a potential sale of 108 M1A2T Abrams tanks and other equipment to Taiwan in July 2019.
I don't know if those were new builds or a sale of already built but older tanks that would get an upgrade to the M1A2T configuration.
Sorry, looks like ORAC and I were doing the same thing at the same time.
To an A-10 pilot, though, they all look alike: targets.
