General Dynamics Land Systems

General Dynamics Land Systems, usually shortened to GDLS, is the American military vehicle maker within General Dynamics. It builds tanks and light armoured fighting vehicles, and its best known products are the M1 Abrams main battle tank, the Stryker family of eight-wheeled vehicles and the Light Armoured Vehicle family. The business was created in 1982 when General Dynamics bought Chrysler Defense, which gave it production of the M60 and M1 tanks for the United States Army. It is headquartered in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and operates the Lima Army Tank Plant in Ohio and an Anniston, Alabama, site. In 2003 it added the Canadian operation in London, Ontario, which came from General Motors, and the Austrian special vehicle unit of Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Its Australian arm supports the ASLAV and Abrams fleets of the Australian Defence Force.