
Army Suppliers. Gen. Gustav Perna, the head of Army Materiel Command, says he is trying to rebuild the supply chain that provides repair parts for Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Stryker combat vehicles. That supply chain “atrophied” partly because those vehicles have not been heavily used in combat in recent years. Perna told reporters Oct. 10 at the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting. “What has not atrophied so much is aviation because we use quite a bit…