The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Bahrain of M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.2 billion. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification, notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
Bahrain has requested to buy 50 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks; four M88A2 HERCULES Combat Recovery Vehicles; eight M1110 Joint Assault Bridges; eight M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles; eight Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB); 100 M240 Coaxial 7.62mm machine guns; three AGT1500 Gas Turbine engines; 6,000 120mm M1002 Target Practice Multipurpose Tracer (TPMP-T) projectiles; and 5,760 120mm M1147 High Explosive Multipurpose Tracers.
The principal contractors will be General Dynamics Land Systems, BAE Systems, Leonardo DRS, Honeywell Aerospace, RTX Corporation, and Lockheed Martin.
Bahrain Acquires M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams MBT, Paying $2.2 Billion
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