The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been in service since 1980. Since then, it has gone through dozens of upgrades and been the baseline variant of several...
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The M1 Abrams (/ˈeɪbrəmz/) is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named...
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M68 tank gun (category Tank guns of the United States)
1984. The early production versions of the M1 Abrams (M1 & IPM1) were armed with the M68A1 for two reasons. First was due to the large number of M60 Patton...
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Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until his death in 1974. In 1980, the United States Army named its then new main battle tank, the M1 Abrams...
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M60-2000 (category Main battle tanks of the United States)
kit that married the turret of the M1A1 variant of the M1 Abrams to the M60A1 hull of the M60, offering many features of the M1A1 Abrams to existing M60...
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M256 (tank gun) (category Tank guns of the United States)
primarily used by the M1 Abrams main battle tank. A number of considerations had led the U.S. Army and its contractors to favor the Army's standard M68...
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the Bulge. Persian Gulf War Battle of 73 Easting Battle of Medina Ridge History of the M1 Abrams 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States) Bourque, p...
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M250 grenade launcher (category Grenade launchers of the United States)
The M250 is a six-barrel 66-millimeter grenade launchers (the British No. 19 Mk 2 design) used on US Army M1 Abrams tank, USMC M1A1s used an eight-barreled...
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coordinates) The 1990–1991 Gulf War was the last major United States Air Force combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces...
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weapons. XM1302 Mobile Protected Firepower XM808 XM803 T69 M1 Abrams Tank Test Bed XM1 Abrams pilot vehicle 1 LVT(A)-1 LVT(A)-4 T30 heavy tank T28 super-heavy...
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Lima Army Tank Plant (category Industrial installations of the United States Army)
the first M1 Abrams rolled out of LATP. After a contract the plant began producing the Abrams at a rate of 30 a month. Chrysler subsequently sold the...
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Task Force 1-41 Infantry (category Military units and formations of the United States in the Gulf War)
pieces, while capturing over 300 enemy prisoners. History of the M1 Abrams Republican Guard (Iraq) Battle of Medina Ridge 2nd Armored Division (United States)...
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tank MBT-70 - Experimental MBT M1 Abrams - MBT XM1202 MCS - Experimental History of the tank Tanks in World War I List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles...
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becoming the 6th Army Corps. As of 2019, there are plans for the armored units of the 6th Army Corps to receive 108 modern M1 Abrams tanks from the United...
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M88 recovery vehicle (category Armoured recovery vehicles of the United States)
light of the fact that two M88A1s were required to tow the new M1 Abrams tank that the decision was made to upgrade to the M88A2 in 1991. The original...
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M3 Bradley (category Cold War armored fighting vehicles of the United States)
fielded in conjunction with the M1 Abrams series of main battle tanks and often accompanies infantry squads into combat. In the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Bradleys...
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Avco-Lycoming AGT1500 (section History)
The Avco-Lycoming AGT1500 is a gas turbine engine. It is the main powerplant of the M1 Abrams series of tanks. The engine was originally designed and produced...
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where, how: After the Abrams-for-Ukraine announcement, a host of questions "In picking the precise type of M1 tank to send, the US must choose between...
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Obiekt 785 (category Main battle tanks of the Soviet Union)
testing a 130 mm rifled gun, an improved variant of the M-65 gun used on tanks like the Object 279. M1 Abrams - Component Advanced Technology Test Bed (CATTB)...
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General Dynamics Land Systems (category Defense companies of the United States)
in 1982 following the acquisition of Chrysler Defense. GDLS is known for developing and manufacturing vehicles such as the M1 Abrams tank, Stryker, and...
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which benefits from a great deal of detailed research – the operation of the M1 Abrams is well portrayed, while the option of being able to control 16 tanks...
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M1074 Joint Assault Bridge System (category Post–Cold War armored fighting vehicles of the United States)
is based on the hull of the M1A1 version of the M1 Abrams main battle tank using the suspension system from the M1A2 and upgraded with the Total InteGrated...
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37th Armor Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
Creighton Abrams (the namesake of the M1 Abrams) during World War II. The 37th Armored Regiment (37th Armor) was constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular...
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CM-11 Brave Tiger (category Armoured fighting vehicles of the Republic of China)
fitted with the turret from the older M48 Patton and the fire control system of the M1 Abrams. The Republic of China (Taiwan) established the Armored Vehicle...
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XM360 (category Tank guns of the United States)
(MRM). The baseline variant. A variant with increased maximum chamber pressure, no muzzle brake and other minor modifications intended for a future M1 Abrams...
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M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (category Armored fighting vehicles of the United States)
The M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) is a U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams chassis, equipped with a mine...
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Patton tank (category Cold War tanks of the United States)
until it was replaced by the M1 Abrams in 1980, still extensively used worldwide. Not officially designated a member of the Patton tank family. Hunnicutt...
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47th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) (category Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
analysts to be back to the Avdiivka sector. On August 31, Forbes reported that the brigade had lost around half of the 31 M1 Abrams it had in operation six...
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K1 tank (category Main battle tanks of the Cold War)
Rotem) for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. The vehicle's design was based on technology from Chrysler's M1 Abrams, tailored to meet the ROK's unique...
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RPG-29 (category Rocket-propelled grenade launchers of the Soviet Union)
September 5, 2007, a PG-29V hit the side turret of an M1 Abrams in Baghdad, killing 2 of the crew and wounding 1, and the tank was seriously damaged.[citation...
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