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M1A1/2 Abrams Main Battle Tank, United States of America



The first M1 Abrams battle tanks were delivered to the US Army in 1980


  • The M1A1/2 Abrams main battle tank is manufactured by General Dynamics Land...

  • The first M1 Abrams battle tanks were delivered to the US Army in 1980

  • For the M1A2 upgrade programme, more than 600 M1 Abrams tanks were upgraded...

  • The main armament is the 120mm M256 smoothbore gun, developed by Rheinmetall...

  • The commander has a 12.7mm Browning M2 machine gun and the loader has a...

  • The M1A1 tank incorporates steel-encased depleted uranium armour

  • One L8A1 six-barrelled smoke grenade discharger is fitted on each side of the...

  • Abrams M1A1 main battle tanks deployed in the Gulf.

  • The M1A1 tank incorporates steel encased depleted uranium armour.

  • An Abrams M1A1 advancing across the Kuwaiti desert.

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