![]() Operational Range: 479.24 km With NBC system: 567. Additionally, having only gone into production in 2013, it is one of the most recent of all new tank designs today. Has separate ammunition storage in a blow-out compartment for crew safety With a price tag of over 8.5 million per tank, they are some of the most expensive main battle tanks in service anywhere in the world today. Maximum Speed: On Road: 45 mph (72 km/h) Off-road: 33 mph (52.8 km/h)Ĭrew: 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver). Weight: The MBT is considered one of the heaviest tanks in the world It weighs 67.6 short tons (61.3 t 60.4 long tons) 50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB 900 rounds heavy machine gun, 2 x 7.62 mm (.308) M240 machine guns (1 pintle-mounted, 1 coaxial (Has separate ammunition storage in a blow-out compartment for crew safety)Įngine: Gas turbine engine Honeywell AGT1500C multi-fuel turbine engine(1,120 kW) Primary weapon: 105 mm L52 M68 rifled cannon (M1), 120 mm L44 M256 smoothbore cannon (M1A1, M1A2, M1A2SEP) 42 rounds ![]() The Abrams are anticipated to be in US service until the 2050s. The tank, named after General Creighton Abrams (former Army Chief of Staff and Commander of US military forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972), was developed by General Dynamics Land Systems in 1978. ![]()
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