On March 21, the U.S. Defense Department published that, in January 2023, 31 M1A2 Abrams tanks would be delivered to Ukraine, but officials had speculated it would take about a year to make that happen. Now, they say, the U.S. will instead send M1A1 Abrams tanks from refurbished hulls already in U.S. inventory, and the delivery will be in the fall — faster than what was initially expected. C. Todd Lopez reports.
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U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct live-fire training with M1A1 Abrams tanks during exercise Native Fury 20 in the United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2020 (Picture source: USMC Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin)
U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct live-fire training with M1A1 Abrams tanks during exercise Native Fury 20 in the United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2020 (Picture source: USMC Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin)
