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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.
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.
The turrets for the M728 were manufactured at Chrysler Corp.'s Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, Warren, Michigan. Final assembly and mating to the vehicle hulls was performed at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. [7] Initial production of the M728 was from 1965 to 1972. Many of the M782A1s were former M60A2 Patton tanks converted to M728A1s from 1982 ...
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;
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 ...
These tanks went to the Detroit Arsenal Test Center for maintenance evaluations, they were then sent to Fort Knox for user trials. [15] The fourth pilot was completed on 26 October and was used as the master hull to verify production standards at the Detroit Tank Plant with a low-rate initial production total of 180 M60s built in 1959. [15]
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]
Upon completion of the first model of the Detroit Tank Arsenal production line in November 1948, the M46 was christened after the late General George S. Patton Jr. [4] By December the Army had ordered several hundred. [5] In July 1950 Detroit Arsenal was producing Pershings and M46s at a rate of over a dozen a day. [6]