The US Department of State has given the green light to sell 56,000 tank rounds in a deal valued at $99 million to Egypt, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) declared through a press release out on Monday. According to the (DSCA0 press release, the Egyptian government has requested to buy forty-six thousand (46,000) 120 MM Target Practice-Tracer (M831A1) and 120 MM Target Practice, Cone Stabilized ,Discarding Sabot- (M865) rounds and (10,000) 120 MM 4th-Generation Kinetic Energy –Tungsten (KE-W) A4 Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot with Tracer (APFSDS – T) rounds. The release added that the estimated cost is $99 million and that Egypt is going to use the rounds to maintain a strategic munitions inventory for its M1A1 tank fleet and to combat the activity of the IS affiliated group of ‘Sinai Province’ in North Sinai. On the implementation steps of the deal, the release noted that the sale will involve multiple trips to Egypt with up to six US government and contractor representatives over a period of up to five years. The deal also included (4,500) 120MM Insensitive Munitions High Explosive with Tracer (IM HE-T) tank rounds, in addition…
Egypt to Receive 56,000 Tank rounds as Part of $99 Mn Arms Deal with US
September 19, 2018
