M1 Abrams
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United StatesManufacturer: General Dynamics Land Systems
«M1A2»
Main battle tankUnited States1980In service
United States main battle tank in service since 1980, powered by a gas turbine; the M1A2 baseline followed in 1992 with digital fire control and a commander's independent thermal viewer.
Main battle tank//M1A2
ID — M1-ABRAMSUnited States · General Dynamics Land Systems
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Identity
- Designation
- M1 Abrams
- Alias
- M1A2
- Manufacturer
- General Dynamics Land Systems
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Main battle tank
- Figures refer to
- M1A2
Production & service
- Introduced
- 1980
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
- Operators
- United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Australia, Iraq, Morocco, Poland, Ukraine
Specifications
- Combat weight
- —
- Crew
- 4
- Main armament
- 120 mm M256 smoothbore gun (M1A1 onward)
- Secondary armament
- 12.7 mm Browning M2HB2× 7.62 mm M240
- Engine
- Honeywell AGT1500 gas turbine, 1,500 hp
- Power-to-weight
- —
- Max road speed
- —
- Operational range
- —
- Length / width / height
- —
- Protection
- —
- Amphibious
- —
Historical profile
The M1 entered US Army service in 1980 with a 105 mm gun; the M1A1 introduced the 120 mm M256 smoothbore, and the M1A2 (1992) added digitised systems, followed by the SEP upgrade series.
M1A1 tanks were supplied to Ukraine and entered service there in 2023–24.
Variants
M1M1IPM1A1M1A1HAM1A2M1A2 SEPM1A2 SEPv2M1A2 SEPv3
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