https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/polit...ine/index.html
Quote:
The US will dramatically accelerate the time it takes to ship Abrams tanks to Ukraine by sending older M1-A1 models of America’s main battle tank instead of the more modern version of the tank, according to two US officials.
The switch will allow the tanks to arrive as early as fall of this year, one of the officials said, shaving months off the previous timeline that could have taken a year or longer.
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Good news I guess but I really don't understand why it takes 6 months to ship preexisting tanks. If the US was in the war and needed the tanks they would be there in days. We're talking about 31 tanks here, surely they can be loaded on a boat?