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This equates to roughly a half a Brigade Combat Team a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In FY26, the Army would build 42, followed by 40 in FY27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/04\/11\/armys-51b-wish-list-to-congress-would-ramp-up-modernization-infrastructure-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\">unfunded priorities list sent to Congress<\/a> this spring, the Army said it would like to upgrade tanks for another half of a BCT for $524 million to \u201cremain on pace with our modernization strategy for Abrams tanks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat prioritization reflects the Army\u2019s view of how important that is and if we can get help there, the Army would be glad to accept it,\u201d he said of the service putting Abrams tanks high on its unfunded priorities list. \u201cWe are ready to execute and to crank that production line up even more than it already is now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the plant at 15 tanks a month,\u201d Bush said, noting he recalls when production dropped as low as one tank per month. \u201cBut I know it can do more and I know that workforce can do more. &#8230; Simply put, the more tanks going through there, the healthier the industrial base that feeds it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Rep. 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