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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH
They will receive 6-8 in the initial shipment. All are Ex-Marine tanks.
I feel the 80 some FEP tanks the CORPS had, have by this time finished their conversion to the M1A1C.
The FEP tanks were modernized enough to minimize the time to convert them to the M1A2C standard. I'm guessing saving three to four months less on the production line then the current 18 to 24 months for the rest as has been already posted.
Regards,
Pat
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Seeing this and thinking it over I doubt the US Army would loan the USMC their very best tanks (what M1A2C's they have will undoubtedly be in or earmarked for Germany.
So for next years patch the US Army loans to the USMC are downgraded to the M1A2v2 SEP.