[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

I would refer you to the MBT Thread Posts #249 & #250. Post #249 is the "cleaned up" version from the Patch Thread, note input A1. The ref used here is from an official USA source. In A1 you will see that the USA only operates what is now in order of modification from the newest back the M1A2 SEP V2, M1A2 SEP V1 and the M1A1 SA (Operated by the USAR and NG.) Currently the life cycle of the ABRAMs has been extended to 2050, with the V1 and then the SA ABRAMS to be brought up to the V2 standard. The SA conversions will take longer and be more expensive because you have to take an M1A1 > M1A2 > M1A2 SEP V1 > M1A2 SEP V2, they might skip a step or two to get there but the budget will be the main driver here. The other issue no one is publicly talking about is when will the USMC get theirs?
There is only speculation on the next name and after how many further modifications to the M1A2 SEP V2 will warrant that change. I would suggust with all due respect what the pictures show are the M1A2 SEP V2 that only became operational this past year.
From the second ref of Post #250 I leave you with the following...
This should be resolved in the congressional conference committee. (The lower figure would support 60 tanks per year; the higher figure, 70.) It is anticipated that, initially, remaining M1A2 SEP V1 tanks would be converted to M1A2 SEP V2 with conversion of the M1A1 SA tanks to follow. Cannon noted that such an annual conversion program “would keep the
industrial base moving while the Army decides how it wants to utilize the tank industrial base.” “What the Army’s reaction to the markup will be is yet to be determined,” he continued. “And I think congressional language encouraging them to continue that 70 tanks a year will help in a final decision of pure fleeting.”
And...
Cannon said that any future Abrams modernization strategy “would probably be in several increments—at least two but probably more—as we move to what could possibly be an M1A3 or an M1A2 SEP V3.”
Finally...
Noting that one possible element of a future Abrams modernization strategy could involve “re-engining” the tanks, Cannon pointed to an ongoing, company-funded effort to explore “reengining” the Abrams with the same MTU 883 engine that the company proposed for its ground combat vehicle
offering.
“That can offer significant operations and support cost savings, especially if you consider that the tank is going to be around until 2050,” he said.

Finally this is all game entered, though I haven't verified the status of tanks in the NG section of the USA OOB if it still exists there. Check the picture submitted for the M1A2 SEP V2 USA OOB UNIT #517 and see if it's the same as what you saw.

Regards,
Pat