And while the plant is currently building 15-20 armored vehicles per month - including tanks - it can easily boost that to 33 a month and could add another shift of workers and build even more if needed. Officials said Thursday that production totals at the plant - which is formally called Joint Systems Manufacturing Center-Lima - vary, based on contract demands.

“Part of it is figuring out - among the different options - what's the best one that can allow us to get the Ukrainians tanks in as timely a fashion as we can,” without disrupting foreign military sales, Wormuth said. But in most cases, the tanks would need upgrades at the Lima plant before being shipped to Ukraine’s battlefront. officials have declined to provide details about the Abrams that will eventually go to Ukraine, saying they have to decide whether to send refurbished older Army tanks, Marine tanks or some other version. An Associated Press reporter was allowed to accompany Wormuth on the tour, the first journalist to walk the production lines since the U.S.

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