#Egypt and #Iraq both operate hundreds and hundreds of #M1A1 tanks. #Australia, #Kuwait, #SaudiArabia, and #Morocco have those and presently or soon will also have #M1A2 variants. Those are countries with hostile natural environments for #tanks. Send #Ukraine the ~450 former #USMC M1’s.
I get it that #Germany can and should do more with respect to the #leopard2, but we have a viable alternative option. A reliably gung-ho Germany is something we actively discouraged for decades, and they’ve come a stunningly long way in the past year. Their tank is the better option, but the Abrams was literally designed for the war that Ukraine is fighting.

@fernwoodsson
I don’t disagree with the idea but I think it would be hard to do.

The M1 turbine is a different critter and, as I understand it, maintenance training isn’t easy.