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  2. M1 Abrams - Wikipedia

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    M1 Abrams tanks being refurbished at the Anniston Army Depot in 1989. A number of considerations had led the service and its contractors to favor the Army's standard M68 105 mm gun over Germany's 120 mm Rheinmetall Rh-120 smoothbore gun for the XM1. To begin with, the 105 mm gun was "the smallest, lightest, and least costly gun adequate for the ...

  3. List of the United States military vehicles by model number

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    For non-sequential numbers, like M1 Abrams, see bottom of list. M1 combat car, also known as the M1 light tank; M1 light motorcycle; M2 light tank, .5" MG or 37 mm gun, 11-ton; M2 medium tank; M2 combat car (G38) M3 medium tank (Lee/Grant), 28-ton, 37 mm and 75 mm gun; M3 light tank, (Stuart)12-ton, M4 medium tank (Sherman), 30-ton, 75/76 mm gun

  4. M60 tank - Wikipedia

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    Fuel capacity: 385 US gal (1,457 L) [7] Operational range. 300 miles (500 km) [7] ... Most of the M1 Abrams tanks were upgraded to the M1A1 configuration.

  5. The first M1 tank was manufactured by American armoured vehicle manufacturer General Dynamics Land Systems in 1978 and was first delivered to the US Army in 1980. Each model costs around $10m to ...

  6. How Russian tanks stack up against the American M1 Abrams - AOL

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    And its powerful gas-turbine engine, which is sometimes compared to a jet engine, can get the 60-ton A1 up to 45 miles an hour, offering the heavy tank sufficient agility. Abrams, however, are ...

  7. Australia is going to more than double the size of ... - AOL

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    Australia said on Wednesday that it will transfer 49 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The US sent Ukraine 31 Abrams last year. These top tanks have seen combat but are vulnerable to Russian threats ...

  8. Brigade combat team - Wikipedia

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    The operational cost for these combat systems is $66,735 per mile. The range of the Abrams limits the brigade to 330 km (205 miles), requiring fuel every 12 hours. The brigade can self-transport 738,100 L (195,000 gallons) of fuel, which is transported by 15 19,000 L (5,000 gal) M969A1 tankers and 48 9,500 L (2,500 gal) M978 tankers. [11]

  9. Avco-Lycoming AGT1500 - Wikipedia

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    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 by the Lycoming Turbine Engine Division in the Stratford Army Engine Plant.