Also included are forward repair systems trailer mounted generators Common Remote Operated Weapons Station Low Profile (CROWS-LP) communications equipment GPS receivers ammunition spare and repair parts. 50 caliber machine guns five hundred (500) M240C 7.62mm machine guns fifteen (15) AGT1500 gas turbine engines nine thousand one hundred sixty-eight (9,168) 120mm M865 Target Practice, Cone Stabilized, Discarding Sabot – Tracer (TPCSDS-T) cartridges four thousand five hundred ninety-two (4,592) 120mm M1002 Target Practice Multipurpose Tracer (TPMP-T) projectiles thirteen thousand nine hundred twenty (13,920) 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) TP-T cartridges and six thousand nine hundred sixty (6,960) 120mm XM1147 High Explosive multipurpose tracers. The Government of Poland has requested to buy two hundred fifty (250) M1A2SEPv3 Abrams Main Battle tanks two hundred fifty (250) AN/VLQ-12 CREW Duke counter-IED systems twenty-six (26) M88A2 HERCULES Combat Recovery vehicles seventeen (17) M1110 joint assault bridges two hundred seventy-six (276) M2. Army M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) The principal contractors will be General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, MI BAE Systems, York, PA Leonardo DRS, Arlington, VA Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix, AZ Raytheon Company, McKinney, TX and Lockheed Martin, Orlando, FL. The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a NATO Ally that is a force for political stability and economic progress in Europe. Poland will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces. The proposed sale will improve Poland’s capability to meet current and future threats by providing a credible force that is capable of deterring adversaries and participating in NATO operations. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Poland of M1A2 SEPv3 Main Battle Tanks and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.0 billion.
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