WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Egypt has ordered an additional 100 M1A1 tanks from the
United States and hopes to increase its Abrams tank fleet to 755.Egypt has laid the groundwork for the assembly of 100 Abrams tanks from
General Dynamics Land Systems. The company was awarded a $141 million
contract by the U.S. Army for 100 M1A1 hardware kits for the Egyptian tank
coproduction program.Egypt already has 555 M1A1 tanks, the assembly of which was completed in
1998. The following year, Egypt launched an effort for an additional 100
tanks.General Dynamics has delivered the M1A1 kits to the Egyptian Tank
Factory outside Cairo. Egypt will help assemble 100 additional Abrams tanks
by April 2003.
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