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Originally Posted by RN7
I did say "BAE (AAV-P7, M2/M3 Bradley, M113, M109)". and "BAE (M9 ACE, M88)".
And "Except for the Stryker few if any of these vehicles are currently being built, with other work concentrating on rebuilds and supplying components." which is they are not being mass produced.
Thanks that's a typo
This list is for 2017 not 1997.
I would class Stingray as an armoured vehicle not a tank, and it hasn't been built for about 25 years. The M8 was cancelled in 1997 before it went into production. The Stingray was built by Cadillac Gage now part of Textron and I believe their assembly plant is at Slidell, Louisiana which I listed under armoured vehicles.
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FYI - the M88A2 production rates have been pretty constant for quite a long - and the Bradley was being remanufactured on a two shift line for almost the entire time I was at BAE - in fact it predated my employment there
it only finally slowed down in 2012-2013 after being that way for years
And a rate of 8 M88A2 per month is what the line was designed for - for that vehicle that is a very good production rate
I am looking at what could be done during the Twilight War time period - which is why vehicles like the M8 and the Stingray need to be figured in