Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told lawmakers during a March 7 hearing of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. Not only does the Army not need new tanks, it doesn’t need to upgrade the ones it has for another few years, Gen. Army Officials tried to convince lawmakers that the service really didn't need any more. Kate Brannen at Defense News reported in March that U.S.
It has actually been planning to end its orders of Abrams tanks by 2014, and won't need to upgrade its current vehicles until 2017. The House agrees.īut the Army says it doesn't have any use for them. The Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) has just approved its $631.4 billion version of a bill to authorize the new defense budget.Īnd the M1A1 Abrams - a main battle tank made by General Dynamics - is on the shopping list.Īustin Wright at Politico digested the multi-page press release summarizing the SASC bill and confirms tanks are a "Winner" - the Senate committee wants to authorize $91 million for 33 new M1 Abrams tanks. The Army would rather turn down $91 million dollars worth of battle tanks from Congress.
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