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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.
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 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 ...
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]
Demolished 1981. Land claimed by eminent domain, along with surrounding neighborhoods in both Hamtramck and Detroit, for the creation of the massive "Poletown" plant (General Motors Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly Plant). [8] [10] Chrysler Kew factory Kew, London, England [3] Chrysler, Dodge: c.1921 1967 Site now occupied by Kew Retail Park Chrysler
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.
Detroit Arsenal may refer to: Detroit Arsenal (Dearborn), a 19th-century arsenal in Dearborn, Michigan, United States; Detroit Arsenal (soccer), a defunct American soccer team; Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, a 20th-century factory in Warren, Michigan, United States
On Aug. 15, 1940, the Army contracted with Chrysler to create the nation's first government-owned, contractor-operated facility at the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant in Warren, Mich. Is TARDEC's ...