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Army Could Use Another $8 Billion In Fiscal 2017, Focusing On Armor For Europe

Army Could Use Another $8 Billion In Fiscal 2017, Focusing On Armor For Europe
M1A1 Abrams tank of Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, USMC Reserves, preparing for a live fire exercise at Yakima Training Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord. (U.S. Army photo by Sidney Lee, Enterprise Multimedia Center, JBLM.)

The Army has sent Congress a wish list of capabilities that, if granted funding, would shore up force in Europe with Armor to fend off Russian aggression against NATO allies.Atop the document sent to Congress, headed “FY17 476k Army with Modernization Uplift” is listed Armor Formation Upgrades worth $1.8 billion. They include acceleration of the Stryker wheeled combat vehicle double-V hull and engineering change proposal upgrades.The Army also would accelerate production of the M1 Abrams tanks by two battalion sets…

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