Washington – A US official told Associated Press that the army would put large metal plates at major points in the Washington streets to protect the pavement from the 25 M1 Abrams Main Battle Sanks movements that were appointed via the capital on June 14.
Tanks are a major part of procession This will respect the 250th army birthday and is on the seventy -ninth birthday of President Donald Trump. Since its announcement, the show has grown in a scope and participation, and one of the prominent points will be the tank pillars circulating in the formation of a street constitution. Each ABRAMS reservoir can weigh 60 tons or more and carry a four crew.
Fears about the weight of the tanks, and what it will do in the streets of the capital, in the end Prevent them from being It is used in a procession during the first period of Trump. The official said that the metal plates are the best way to protect the streets. Each plate weighs hundreds of pounds and will be placed in points along the display path where the tanks-as they follow the metals and rubber that helps them to move can lead to the most damage.
In April, the mayor of the capital, Morel Boser, said if the tanks are used on the city’s roads, a financing to repair the damage they may do should be part of the plan. Her office was not immediately available to comment on Friday.
The official said the M1 Abrams tank movement is a high relationship – the movement is expected to be 25 in complete harmony.
A White House official told Associated Press that the offer and the celebration would likely cost between $ 25 million and $ 45 million. This will also include thousands of forces who are also going to form, in a uniform representing every American conflict dating back to the revolutionary war, which began in 1775.
Each war will have 60 soldiers in the costume of the period, followed by 400 soldiers of that same unit in their normal uniform in the battle. For example, the civil war will be represented by the Fourth Army’s infantry division, based in Fort Carson, Colorado, with 60 soldiers wearing historical and 400 costumes in today’s costume.
In general, the display plans invite about 6,600 soldiers, 150 vehicles and 50 helicopters to follow the Pentagon road in Arlington, Virginia, to the National Commercial Center.
The afternoon procession will be followed by a parachute jump of the golden knights of the army, a music and fireworks.
