SIC 3795 Tanks and Tank Components

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SIC 3795 Tanks and Tank Components

SIC 3795

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing complete tanks, specialized components for tanks, and self-propelled weapons. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing military vehicles, except tanks and self propelled weapons, are classified in SIC 3710: Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment, and those manufacturing tank engines are classified in SIC 3510: International Combustion Engines, Not Elsewhere Classified.

NAICS CODE(S)

336992

Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing

INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT

With the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, U.S. production of heavyweight tanks was reduced to almost nothing. However, in the mid-2000s the U.S. military carried a surplus of tanks and armored vehicles, which remained from the rapid production rates of approximately 900 new tanks that were rolled out annually during the late 1980s. Also affecting the tank industry was a military policy shift toward lighter, faster wheeled armored vehicles. Nonetheless, main tanks played an important role in the U.S. military action in Iraq during the first half of the 2000s, namely the M1A2 Abrams tank and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, causing military experts to rethink the future role of the heavyweight duty tank in modern warfare. Although few new tanks were being built, contractors were engaged in building wheeled armored vehicles and upgrading existing main tanks and armored vehicles.

ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE

The tank manufacturing an...

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