[Cobra64]

Yeah, and when is the last time we needed 20,000 tanks? The Atmy keeps buying these things, and then park them in a California boneyard.

[BroJoeK]

Cobra64: "Yeah, and when is the last time we needed 20,000 tanks?"

Here are those numbers built:

1. ◾Bradley Fighting Vehicle – 6,724[1]
   
2. ◾Stryker 4,466[2]
   
3. ◾M113 armored personnel carrier – ~80,000 built, 6,000 in service.[3][4]
   
4. ◾LAV-25 – (light armored vehicle) 870[5]
   
5. ◾Assault Amphibious Vehicle 1,311
   

That makes the total in service around 20,000.
Only the M113 was built in much larger quantities, now mostly replaced.

I totally sympathize with the Army's desires for a lighter, more mobile & capable vehicle and, it turns out, there may be new technologies in both guns & armor that could make that possible.

Cobra64: "The Atmy keeps buying these things, and then park them in a California boneyard."

Nothing lasts forever: