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Detroit Arsenal (DTA), formerly Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (DATP) was the first manufacturing plant ever built for the mass production of tanks in the United States. Established in 1940 under Chrysler , the plant was owned by the U.S. government until 1996.
The United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), [2] and its subordinate Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC), [3] headquartered at the Detroit Arsenal [4] in Warren, Michigan, is part of the United States Army Materiel Command (AMC). The entire complex that houses TACOM's headquarters is located on what is known as the ...
Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, Warren, built 1940, under the United States Army Materiel Command Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center , Battle Creek, acquired 1942, a Defense Logistics Agency location Seafarer , at Republic, Michigan, built 1980, dismantled 2004, U.S. Navy submarine communication antenna site
The United States Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) (formerly United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) [1]), located in Warren, Michigan, is the United States Armed Forces' research and development facility for advanced technology in ground systems. [2]
Chrysler opened a new tank plant, the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, to manufacture the M2, and the US Government contracted in August 1940 for 1,000 vehicles to be produced. [12] As events in Europe made obvious that the M2 was obsolete, the government modified the contract before production began.
T48 pilot #1 was designed and constructed by Chrysler Engineering to begin the APE design development at the OTAC Detroit Arsenal Test Center in December 1951. This tank was provisionally armed with the M36/T119 gun using a Y-shaped deflector and a muzzle brake. [19] This gun was not used for production M48 tanks.
Eleven XM1 preproduction models were manufactured between February and July 1978 at Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant. [44] Quality problems with the engine quickly became apparent in testing. The first preproduction units that arrived at Aberdeen Proving Ground in March 1978 had serious problems. The tank accumulated mud and dirt under the hull which ...
M27 medium tank, Detroit Arsenal; M28 cargo carrier (G154) M29 Weasel carrier, cargo, full-track, 1/2-ton, amphibious (G179) M30 cargo carrier (G158) based on M4 Sherman;