To: miltonim
The United States now possesses about 9,000 M1 Abrams tanks, by far the world's strongest armored force. Although I'm a Zoomie, this amount appears greatly inflated. I'll let the ground pounders come up with a more realistic number.
To: AlaskaErik
You're only counting those in active and Guard units. POMCUS stocks (basically a reserve of equipment) make up the rest.
10 posted on
04/27/2003 9:47:13 AM PDT by
Archangelsk
(Economy for the simple minded. You cain't spend what you ain't gots.)
To: AlaskaErik
9,000 M1 Abrams tanks... this amount appears greatly inflated. I'll let the ground pounders come up with a more realistic number. It's apparently not off by much. GlobalSecurity.org says 8,800 M1's and M1A1's were produced. Take out the ones sold to Egypt, the Saudis, etc., add in the M1A2's, and 9,000 is a good approximation.
16 posted on
04/27/2003 10:00:57 AM PDT by
Nick Danger
(The liberals are slaughtering themselves at the gates of the newsroom)
To: AlaskaErik
We have more like about 900. However, this tank is about 10x superior than any other.
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