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Originally Posted by Jacks
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/polit...ine/index.html
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?
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Reading in between the lines from the article, the US doesn't want to strip existing units of their modern tanks and there are not that many other A2s in combat ready status that can be shipped. It says the ones available need a rebuild and upgraded from the A1-A2 standard... they are basically just skipping the upgrades to get them there sooner.
So these tanks have probably been sitting in a storage depot for years since the last A1s were retired in 2019/2020. Getting that many running again probably isn't a short job. If a car's been sitting in storage for 4 years, I imagine it's going to need new hoses, oil, engine need flush, etc before it's ready to go. Tanks are a whole other level of complicated. It's partly the reason the airline industry can't keep up with demand, all those planes have been grounded for 3 years need a ton of refurb time.