“Abrams, Bradleys, Strykers, m-113 all bought and paid for and most of them are now excess and being or scheduled for replacement.”
Exactly.
The Abrams tanks we’ve sent to Ukraine were bought, paid for, and produced in the late 80’s early 90’s. We the taxpayers got our money’s worth out of them plus interest. These 31 tanks would otherwise be left to slowly rot in a field along with the 4,100+ other Abrams tanks in storage.
The Bradley’s were older models that were in storage, and were not scheduled for any upgrades to M2A3, M3A3, M2A4, or M3A4 models, or any other service life upgrades. 2,000 currently in storage.
The Strykers were also older first production vehicles that were not scheduled for remanufacture to the current “V” hull configuration.
The M113’s are rapidly being replaced by the AMPV. There was over 2,800 M113s in service, with a further 4,000+ in storage
I thank both you and blitz128 for your comments referencing “Abrams, Bradleys, Strykers, m-113 .
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