U.S. combat team receives first M1A2 SEPV 2 Abrams tanks following armor conversion

U.S. soldiers with 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, received their first M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks on August 21. Fourteen tanks arrived as part of the 1st ABCT conversion from a Stryker brigade to the Army’s 16th armored brigade combat team June 20. 
U.S. soldiers with 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, conduct preventive maintenance checks and services on newly acquired M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 22 (Picture source: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Kris Bonet)