This will be "
Short and Sweet" in that
Australia has begun sending their
M1A1 ABRAMS to the Ukraine.
Though this situation has raised some "eye brows" in the
Pentagon (Which has been
recently reported that they stopped the arms shipments to the Ukraine w/o
POTUS supposedly not knowing about it.) part of the concern beyond what I recently posted included the fact that the Pentagon was suggesting they didn't want them, is the concern it's in a "
grey area" (Since we sent them ourselves.) of the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (
ITAR) agreement as it pertains to
foreign sales.
From want I can find, I've
not seen anything to suggest these tanks have been modified before shipping.
And at this point haven't checked what Ukraine has already as
compared to what Australia is sending them (They might be
slightly better.) if so
fine for RL and GL.
Also based on an article I just got from "
Down Under" and have already posted the
AAR is holding back about a Companies worth until the
M1A2C Export tanks are
FULLY INTERGRATED sometime around mid-2026.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news...n-light-of-u-s
Plenty more about this on the web.
Have an early day with some training with a new hire class.
Regards,
Pat
