The main armament is the 120mm M256 smoothbore gun, developed by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH of Germany
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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... -
One L8A1 six-barrelled smoke grenade discharger is fitted on each side of the... -
Abrams M1A1 main battle tanks deployed in the Gulf. -
The gunner station in an Abrams M1A1. -
M1A2, the upgraded version of M1-A1. -
The M1A1 tank incorporates steel encased depleted uranium armour. -
An Abrams M1A1 advancing across the Kuwaiti desert.