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General Characteristics | |
Length: | 8,48 m (27.82 ft) |
Width: | 3,64 m (12 ft) |
Height: | 2.43 m (8 ft) |
Weight: | 69.5 t |
Speed: | 67 km/h (42 mph) (road governed) 48 km/h (30 mph) (off-road) |
Range: | 465 km (288 miles) |
Primary armament: | M1: 105mm gun M1A1 and M1A2: 120-mm smoothbore gun |
Secondary armament: | .50 caliber machine gun 7.62 mm machine gun |
Power plant: | 1119 kW (1500 hp) gas turbine |
Crew: | 4 (Commander, Gunner, Loader and Driver) |
The M1 Abrams main battle tank, the US Army's principal combat tank is named after General Creighton W. Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff.
A further upgrade of the A2 called the System Enhancement Program (SEP) was began in 1999.
During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm some M1A1s were modified with add-on armor and others were equipped with mine rollers (Panther II) and mine plows (Grizzly) for breaching obstacles and clearing minefields.
Over 8,800 M1 and M1A1 tanks have been produced.
Reduced capability export variants of the M1 Abrams are also used by the defence forces of:
See also: List of tanks, Leopard, Merkava, T-80
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