Well I found the
UNLESS for the date change for the
M1A1 FEP the good news is my MARINE friend was off on the
original START date by a year or more. USMC
FEP was completed by
FY 09 or if you will
OCT 2008 for ALL
403 M1A1 ABRAMS the CORPS had at that time.
There is however "
fallout" from this program, it is
absolutely important that ALL things
ABRAMS come from the USA first. With the last in mind, the USA had also contracted
DRS to do the same/similar upgrades for them around 2001-2003 timeframe. With the AMBRAMS that started with the
M1A2 SEP and
M3A3 BRADLEY plus
HUMEVEE (Recon/ARTY OBS) I would think. Not worried about the last right now. Of the rest I've identified
2 ABRAMS SEP/SEP V1 and
3 M3A3 BRADLEY's
My thinking right now for the
USA is a compromise in dates to make this work
WITHOUT ADDING new units for the USA and doing what makes sense for the upgrade as well. I believe a simple shift of one year to 1.5yrs of the
START for those units will accomplish what is needed. I've identified the particular units already however, I want to do another check to ensure I didn't miss anything and to think this through again I already foresee this affecting the
BRADLEY BUSK units to a very minor degree as well.
My initial thoughts
w/o date right now for USA is as follows: SEP/SEP V1
TI/GSR 50 and no others. M3A3 BRADLEY
TI/GSR 45 &
FC 22 and no others. BRADLEY BUSK
FC 22 and
nothing else.
I have to get ready for work NOW!
Will have this submitted in the next couple of days.
That's what I get for changing my search criteria!!
Regards,
Pat
