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State Department Approves $6 Billion Abrams Tank Deal With Poland

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, February 18th, 2022

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State Department Approves $6 Billion Abrams Tank Deal With Poland

An M1A2 main battle tank assigned to 1st Battalion, 35nd Armored Regiment breaches obstacles during AWA 17.1 at Fort Bliss on Oct. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Frederick Poirier, 55th Combat Camera)

The State Department has approved an estimated $6 billion foreign military sale with Poland that would include 250 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced the tank sale Friday morning following a meeting with Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, citing the deal as bolstering the military capability of its NATO ally while Russia continues building up its troop presence along the border with Ukraine. “You know, it’s ironic that what [Russian President Vladimir] Putin did not…

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