This a boiling down to "
reading the tea leaf's" when it comes to a lot of equipment we deal with including the
M1A2C (SEP V3). My "brain" has been busy so I can't remember what the revised date I threw out was but, the game
START of JUN 2020 wasn't correct.
But it thrills me to no end to keep tracking these things until
FOC is achieved. We are about at the 4 year mark now almost it appears based on the following
army.mil articles below we still have a bit to go. But I see a "
faint light on the horizon", because now I know what Division will be first
fully equipped and that'll be the
1st Cav. Div. Ft. Hood, TX. and the process has begun.
The article is from
Sep 17, 2020 on the occasion of the
Divisions 99th Anniversary. Now knowing how our military
"loves" to mark sometimes major new equipment news with major unit anniversaries when they present themselves such as a
100th one, I think we might see
FOC in JAN 2022.
https://www.army.mil/article/239141/...rates_99_years
New we move to
November 18, 2020 and the
2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team , 1st Cavalry Division, “Black Jack” s the first command to receive the
Next Generation Automatic Test System or NGATS which the
M1A2C and newer
BRADLEY's will be equipped with. This will allow a unit to maintain their equipment and repair them quicker in a "
running" battle if you will.
https://www.army.mil/article/241069/...testing_system
All these type of issues are what's needed to get, if you will, to the "end product". Again the "tea leaf's" are suggesting
START JAN 2022.
Well for the
CORPS as I posted a couple of days ago, "
no news is good news" for concerning their tanks.
I just went through their
.mil site and the following
official DOD website, which will link you to the
USMC current force structure.. I'm sure you do the same for the
USA if you want.
https://www.defense.gov/Experience/M.../Marine-Corps/
Alright here's the
ARMY...
https://www.defense.gov/Experience/Military-Units/Army/
Now I'm off to bed, some of us still need to earn a living!?!
Regards,
Pat
EDIT: So I had to have a Protein/Fiber bar with a glass of ice cold milk, should've skipped it and kept on going to towards bed!?! The brain turned on again and made me find the following from
07 DEC 2020 which details the
USMC plan to allow 1yr. early out for those holding the 4 MOS's for their tankers.
Based on that information, that would probably have the tanks gone by
JAN 2022-JUN 2022 timeframe at latest.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/new...-a-year-early/
Now to get some sleep!