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The Army estimated that shutting down the plant and then reopening it would cost $800,000, whereas keeping plant production running would cost $2.1 billion.

In May, the Army argued that $1.3 billion could be saved in the FY2012 defense budget if refurbishment work at the Lima plant in Ohio was frozen until the M1A3 variant became operational in 2017.

The SEPv2 (System Enhancement Package – Version 2) includes an array of enhancements to the base M1A2 variant. The Army began refurbishing its M1A2 fleet to the newest M1A2 SEPv2 standard in 2007. 3,000 M1s are currently stationed in an Army depot near the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California in reserve.

The Army has a fleet of around 2,300 M1 tanks the majority of which are M1A2s. The newest base variant, the M1A3, is currently being designed with first shipments expected in 2018 or 2019. Since its introduction, over 9,000 M1s have been delivered in three base variants the original M1 design and its upgraded variants, the M1A1 and the M1A2. The first combat deployment of the M1 was in the first gulf war in 1991. Replacing the Army’s aging M60 tank in 1980, the M1 was originally conceived for use in tank warfare with the Soviet Union. The M1 “Abrams” tank is a third generation main battle tank developed by General Dynamics and currently used by the US Army.