Facebook with Latestnigeriannews  Twieet with latestnigeriannews  RSS Page Feed
Home  |  All Headlines  |  Punch  |  Thisday  |  Daily Sun  |  Vanguard   |  Guardian  |  The Nation  |  Daily Times  |  Daily Trust  |  Daily Independent
World  |  Sports  |  Technology  |  Entertainment  |  Business  |  Politics  |  Tribune  |  Leadership  |  National Mirror  |  BusinessDay  |  More Channels...

Viewing Mode:

Archive:

  1.     Tool Tips    
  2.    Collapsible   
  3.    Collapsed     
Click to view all Entertainment headlines today

Click to view all Sports headlines today

A short history of America's only Army tank factory, which Trump is about to tour

Published by Business Insider on Wed, 20 Mar 2019


President Trump toured a sprawling manufacturing site in Ohio that has been building Army tanks and armored vehicles since World War II.It nearly shuttered in 2012 under the drastic sequestration cuts, but it now produces about 11 tanks a month and employs a growing workforce of 580.President Donald Trump is touring the US's last tank facility on Wednesday in a move to highlight the impact of his soaring defense spending in a politically crucial state.The Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio, has been building Army tanks and armored vehicles since World War II. It nearly shuttered in 2012 under the drastic "sequestration" cuts, but it now produces about 11 tanks a month and employs a growing workforce of 580.The plant's assembly line is roaring back under Trump's defense spending hikes, including $718 billion proposed for fiscal year starting in October."In terms of economic security, the Trump defense budget is helping to create good manufacturing jobs at good wages, including in communities like Lima that have fallen behind economically," Peter Navarro, White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, wrote in a New York Times op-ed. "The revitalized Lima plant will directly employ a little more than 1,000 employees."Heres a history of the sprawling tank plant, a still-operating legacy of World War II America's so-called arsenal of democracy.SEE ALSO:79 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight ' here's how it helped cripple the Nazi war machineWorld War IIThe facility opened in 1942 and soon began to build and test vehicles to be sent to the Pacific and European theaters. It built M-5 Light Tanks and T-26 Pershing tanks, according to the website Global Security. By the end of the war it had processed 100,000 combat vehicles.The facility is owned by the US Army and operated by a contractor.Korean WarAn expansion began after the Korean War broke out in 1950. The Army built new structures, including two massive warehouses that each had 115,000 square feet of storage, according to an official history of the site.Construction fell off sharply after the war and didnt pick up much during the Vietnam War.'Supertank'The Army introduced the M-1 Abrams in 1980 and called it a "supertank" that would be faster, better armored, and have more firepower than is predecessors.The early M-1 Abrams tanks weighed 60 tons, carried a 105 mm cannon, and could speed across fields at 30 mph. The armor used a "new super alloy, composite-material" to protect against rockets and artillery, according to the history.Chrysler Defense began production of the M-1 tanks at Lima in 1979.In 1980, the first M-1 Abrams rolled out of Lima. It was named "Thunderbolt," in homage to the name Gen. Creighton Abrams gave to his tanks in World War II, according to Global Security.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
Click here to read full news..

All Channels Nigerian Dailies: Punch  |  Vanguard   |  The Nation  |  Thisday  |  Daily Sun  |  Guardian  |  Daily Times  |  Daily Trust  |  Daily Independent  |   The Herald  |  Tribune  |  Leadership  |  National Mirror  |  BusinessDay  |  New Telegraph  |  Peoples Daily  |  Blueprint  |  Nigerian Pilot  |  Sahara Reporters  |  Premium Times  |  The Cable  |  PM News  |  APO Africa Newsroom

Categories Today: World  |  Sports  |  Technology  |  Entertainment  |  Business  |  Politics  |  Columns  |  All Headlines Today

Entertainment (Local): Linda Ikeji  |  Bella Naija  |  Tori  |  Pulse  |  The NET  |  DailyPost  |  Information Nigeria  |  Gistlover  |  Lailas Blog  |  Miss Petite  |  Olufamous  |  Stella Dimoko Korkus Blog  |  Ynaija  |  All Entertainment News Today

Entertainment (World): TMZ  |  Daily Mail  |  Huffington Post

Sports: Goal  |  African Football  |  Bleacher Report  |  FTBpro  |  Kickoff  |  All Sports Headlines Today

Business & Finance: Nairametrics  |  Nigerian Tenders  |  Business Insider  |  Forbes  |  Entrepreneur  |  The Economist  |  BusinessTech  |  Financial Watch  |  BusinessDay  |  All Business News Headlines Today

Technology (Local): Techpoint  |  TechMoran  |  TechCity  |  Innovation Village  |  IT News Africa  |  Technology Times  |  Technext  |  Techcabal  |  All Technology News Headlines Today

Technology (World): Techcrunch  |  Techmeme  |  Slashdot  |  Wired  |  Hackers News  |  Engadget  |  Pocket Lint  |  The Verge

International Networks:   |  CNN  |  BBC  |  Al Jazeera  |  Yahoo

Forum:   |  Nairaland  |  Naij

Other Links: Home   |  Nigerian Jobs