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M 1 Abrams Updates
ladder5
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2007 - 05:59 PM UTC

hi
when you say $400k, i take it you mean 400 thousand dollars. if so times

that by 500 would be 200 million dollars surely. not 30 milion dollars. Or

have i missed something. either way if it saves 1 life its worth it

mark
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2007 - 07:08 PM UTC

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Dan-- as I understand it, at a cost of some $400K per tank, they are doing the installation as we speak. I would spit ball that we probably have a 1000 tanks in the inventory. So, the priority would go to those guys in Iraq and Afghanistan then pyramid down to other units.
I am guessing here.
DJ
DJ, Waiting for money while while the guys need them ASAP! Sad! Dan (also a former Tanker)
210cav
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2007 - 11:49 PM UTC

Quoted Text


hi
when you say $400k, i take it you mean 400 thousand dollars. if so times

that by 500 would be 200 million dollars surely. not 30 milion dollars. Or

have i missed something. either way if it saves 1 life its worth it

mark


Math has never been strong point!
thanks
DJ
USArmy2534
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Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2007 - 07:23 AM UTC
Blah, $30M, $200M, whats the difference? Pocket change really. Still not too bad since each Abrams is what, $1M a piece?

Jeff
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 06:03 PM UTC
The wheel turns, the M551A1s I crewed had chicken shields on the TCs hatch(1977) and in Nam we had gun trucks. Well now its 2007 and we are putting Chicken shields on the TCs hatch and using gun trucks. If only they had them there to start. As a former driver and TC the rear view camera is about time. Backing a tank under fire has to be a b*tch.

Also I believe M1A2s run over $5million each. Mega Factories on History or Discovery channel detailed the rebuild factory at Lima OH, amazing!

Tom
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 07:10 PM UTC
i heard they cost anywhere from 2- 4 million USD
rcnpthfndr
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 07:54 PM UTC
i got the TUSK flyer from the armor conference, i will try and scan it and post it.
keenan
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 08:13 PM UTC
At $400,000 per upgrade you could refit 500 Abrams for the cost of one F22 Raptor @ 200 million each.
Shaun
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