![]() ![]() The United States Army purchased the property on which the Lima Army Tank Plant sits in 1942 to manufacture weapons. Production of a new light-armored military vehicle should increase the work force at the Lima Army Tank Plant by the end of 2001, and employment levels should exceed 600 workers. These programs require but a fraction of the production capacity available at the facility. ![]() The Lima facility is also projected to produce 465 Heavy Assault Bridges. Upgrades to the M1A1 Abrams tank and the M1A2 System Enhancement Package should keep the Lima, Ohio, plant operating through 2005. With few new procurements on the horizon, the tracked armored vehicle segment of the industry is in decline. The Tank Plant reduced its workforce from a peak of 3,800 to 450 by late 1996. The tank plant has produced more than seven-thousand tanks since opening in the early 1980s. The Tank Plant is a government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility, run presently by General Dynamics. ![]() The Lima Army Tank Plant (LATP) manufactures the M-1 Abrams tank. ![]()
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