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	M1 Abrams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On November 27, 2004 an Abrams tank was badly damaged and its driver killed from shrapnel wounds when an extremely powerful improvised explosive device (IED) consisting of three M109A6 155 mm shells with a total explosive weight of 34.5 kg detonated next to the tank.
		The Abrams is equipped with a fire control computer that uses data from a variety of sources, including the Gunner's Primary Sight or "GPS" (thermal or daylight), a laser rangefinder, a wind sensor, a pendulum static cant sensor, and data on the ammunition type.
		M1A1 Abrams, M1A2 Abrams, M1A2 SEP Abrams at army-guide.com
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M1_Abrams (2350 words)

	Main Battle Tank M1A1 "Abrams"
		Hull and turret are welded with multi-layered frontal armor similar to British armor "Chobhem" bu additionaly increased with by precipitant uranium plates built-in in frontal hull and turret multi-layer armor.
		Tank was fitted with new commander's panoramic thermovision sight, laser rangefinder and improved ballistic computer, which work in one complex with thermovision system.
		M1A1 "Abrams" is also fitted with radiological and chemical reconnaissance equipment, fire prevention system, heater and communication sources.
	www.enemyforces.com /tanks/m1a1abrams.htm (962 words)

	M1A1 Abrams
		The M1A1 is the first major block improvement to the M1 ABRAMS Tank System and provides a significant improvement to the Army's offensive ground combat power as displayed during Operation Desert Storm.
		This tank significantly increases the capabilities of the Fleet Marine Forces across the full spectrum of conflict in the near and midterm.
		This total of 76 M1A1 tanks was employed by 2d Tank Battalion and elements of 4th Tank Battalion.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m1a1.htm (1929 words)

	M1A1 Abrams tank busted - Military Images Photos Pictures Forums
		Shortly before dawn on Aug. 28, an M1A1 Abrams tank on routine patrol in Baghdad “was hit by something” that crippled the 69-ton behemoth.
		That made the tank one of only two Abrams disabled by enemy fire during the Iraq war and one of only a handful of “mobility kills” since they first rumbled onto the scene 20 years ago.
		The tank commander received “minor shrapnel wounds to the legs and arms and the gunner got some in his arm” as a result of the attack, according to the report.
	www.militaryimages.net /forums/showthread.php?p=16739 (1525 words)

	COOLER M1 ABRAMS TANK ENGINES
		The M1A1 Abrams tank with its revolutionary gas turbine engine was designed to fight massed Soviet armor in a rapid, bloody confrontation.
		The Abrams tank produces so much heat that it could probably be destroyed from the rear by diving jet aircraft firing heat-seeking anti-aircraft missiles.
		The standard tactic is for tanks to crawl forward blasting anything that moves while infantry follows close behind and on top of tanks to protect their vulnerable top, flank and rear areas.
	www.g2mil.com /abramsdiesel.htm (4207 words)

	1/32 US M1A1 Abrams Tank Kuwait 1991
		This is the 1:32 Scale M1A1 ABRAMS from Forces of Valor Die-Cast.
		The M1A1 Abrams is the quickest, most sophisticated, and most lethal battle tank in the world.
		M1A1 Abrams is a trademark of General Dynamics Land Systems and is used under license to Unimax Toys Limited.
	www.hometown-hobbies.com /inc/pdetail?v=1&pid=50714 (70 words)

	Abrams M1A1 RC Tank. The M1A1 was used successfully in the operation desert storm of the gulf war. Buy the M1A1 RC tank ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The M1A1 was used successfully in the operation desert storm of the gulf war.
		This fully remote controlled M1A1 Abrams RC Tank in HUGE 1:16 scale full-function radio control is available in two different frequencies and two colour scheme options, with electronic sound and lights.
		M1A1 Abrams 1:16 Scale RC Tank was welcomed greatly in the heat of Gulf War as it was far superior to the Iraqi tanks and capable of defeating any tank in the Iraqi inventory.
	www.modelflight.com.au /rc_model_tanks/abrams_m1a1_rc_tank.htm (679 words)

	M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank is the primary armored weapon in the modern U.S. military.
		The tank is the namesake of the late General Creighton W. Abrams, former commander of the 37th Armored battalion.
		The M1A1 Abrams Tank is capable of providing mobile firepower for armored units of sufficient capability to successfully destroy any opposing armored fighting vehicle in the world, while providing protection for it's crew in any combat environment.
	www.engin.swarthmore.edu /~sbirney1 (788 words)

	M1A1 Abrams Tank - Military and Aircraft Scale Models
		The purpose of this tank is to provide mobile firepower for armored formations to successfully close with and destroy any opposing armored fighting vehicle in the world, while providing protection for its crew in any conceivable combat environment.
		The M1A1 was improved with a Rheinmetall 120 mm gun.
		The Abrams' thermal sights were unhampered by clouds of thick fl smoke blanketing the battlefield from burning oil wells and the sophisticated turret electronics withstood difficult terrain.
	www.militarymodels.com /product_page.asp?code=FOV80205 (303 words)

	portland imc - 2003.10.29 - 'Something' Felled an M1A1 Abrams Tank in Iraq - But What?
		The tank was damaged and not recoverable due to hostile fire.
		The armor matrix of the Abrams tank, while mostly classified, is entirely passive (it does not explode outwards).
		The Soviets relied heavily on reactive armor for their late model tanks (notably the T-82) because they were far less concerned about friendly casualties, and it is cheaper and easier to manufacture than the advanced composite armor used by the west.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2003/10/274058.shtml (2190 words)

	M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank
		The M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) is the namesake of the late General Creighton W. Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armored Battalion.
		The Abrams' thermal sights were unhampered by the clouds of thick fl smoke over the battlefield that were the result of burning Kuwaiti oil wells.
		The mission of the M1A2 Abrams tank is to close with and destroy enemy forces using firepower, maneuver, and shock effect.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm (5000 words)

	The M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The M1A1 is equipped with a 1500 horsepower Lycoming Textron gas turbine engine coupled to an Allison hydrokenetic transmission with four forward and two reverse gears.
		These modern Soviet tanks were armed with an excellent 125mm smoothbore weapon and had many of the same advanced features found on the Abrams.
		These tanks were widely regarded as clearly inferior to the Abrams, but were expected to be highly reliable mechanically.
	www.washingtonarmyguard.com /fo-abram.html (1940 words)

	M1A1
		The M1A1 manned module replicates the performance of the actual M1A1 tank and its weapon systems.
		Crews in the M1A1 module can acquire and destroy enemy tanks, armored vehicles, and fortifications using the main gun or use the machine guns to suppress enemy positions, personnel, and lightly armored vehicles.
		The M1A1 manned module provides controls and indicators for each crewmember that closely replicate those found at the crew stations in the actual M1A1 tank.
	www.peostri.army.mil /PM-CATT/CCTT/CITT/io/ie/m1a1.htm (614 words)

	Scientific American: The Abrams Tank Mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 69-ton M1A1 Abrams tank is the toughest guy on the block in Iraq thanks largely to a thick skin made from panels of depleted uranium and add-on reactive armor packages.
		A missile with a tandem warhead, two variations of which are made by Russia, that delivers a one-two punch that first engages a tank's reactive armor and then delivers a killer penetrating blow to the now-exposed underlying armor.
		General Dynamics, maker of the Abrams tank, refers all queries to the army but the army isn't talking--results of the army investigation are classified.
	www.sciam.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=000B6352-AFFA-10F5-AFFA83414B7F0000 (310 words)

	M1A1 Abrams tank agreement signed
		This agreement is the central component of the $530m Abrams package which also includes tank transporters, refuelling vehicles and ammunition.
		The tanks that will be provided to Australia have had relatively low usage and will be refurbished to "as new" condition.
		Each tank is equipped with a 120 mm smooth bore cannon as its primary weapon and a 50 calibre machine gun for the tank commander in addition to two 7.62 mm machine guns.
	www.defence.gov.au /minister/Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=4021 (379 words)

	M1A1 Abrams tanks
		Under the initial agreement, the Egyptians would assemble 524 M1A1 tanks, and Egyptian officials hoped that this number would eventually rise to 1,500 tanks.
		This proposed sale will increase the quantity of the Abrams tank co-production program, started in 1988 with a quantity of 530 tanks, to 630 tanks.
		This proposed sale will increase the quantity of the Abrams tank coproduction program, started in 1988, from the current level of 655 tanks, to 755 tanks.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/egypt/m1a1.htm (409 words)

	Equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Abrams tank destroys enemy forces on the integrated battlefield using mobility, firepower and shock effect.
		Additional features of the M1A1 are increased armor protection, suspension improvements, and a Nuclear Biological and Chemical protection system that provides additional survivability in a contaminated environment.
		The M1A2 program builds on the M1A1 to provide an Abrams tank with the necessary improvements in lethality, survivability and fightability required to defeat advanced threats.
	www.schweinfurt.army.mil /sites/177armor/Equipment.htm (334 words)

	M1A1 Abrams Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The M1 is the principal main battle tank (MBT) of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps.
		The M1 Abrams is the backbone of the armored forces of the United States military, and several of US allies as well.
		The Abrams Tank System synchronizes its high tempo, distributed maneuver via its digitized situational awareness and the fusion of onboard and remote battlefield sensors.
	www.unlimiteddetails.com /m1a1.html (154 words)

	GD Awarded $5Mn Contract for M1A1 Abrams Tank Material (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 59 tanks are scheduled to be delivered by August 2006.
		Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) is a joint effort to refurbish M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks involving the Project Manager Combat Systems; the Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command; the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Alabama; and General Dynamics Land Systems.
		In the AIM program, M1A1 Abrams tanks are completely disassembled and overhauled to a like-new condition.
	www.defense-aerospace.com /cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=42344&session=dae.4405853.1090673741.QQJcTcOa9dUAAFyNgyk&modele=release (222 words)

	"Something" felled an M1A1 Abrams tank in Iraq - but what? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		An M1A1 Abrams tank with the 1st Armored Division was hit by enemy fire in Baghdad at 5:20 a.m.
		One of the tank drivers was trapped inside the burning vehicle for several minutes while.50-caliber machine gun rounds exploded before he was able to crawl free, according to embedded media reports.
		The Abrams is so heavy that one collapsed a bridge in the town of Al Faysaliyph on Monday, sending the tank down an 8-foot gulch.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1010258/posts?page=22 (4046 words)

	Gunboards - Something’ felled an M1A1 Abrams tank in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It didn't hurt that the shot was also lucky by hitting the tank it one of its weakest spots (always better to lucky than good in war).
		The resultant exam of the tank's interior did not turn up any evidence of a penetrator rod and the damage is similiar to a HEAT round.
		I still don't think it was a penetrator though, because there was no evidence of the penetrator left in the tank and those tube launched weapons don't seem to impart enough energy to allow a small penetrator to penetrate a MBT.
	www.gunboards.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9977 (5113 words)

	âSomethingâ felled an M1A1 Abrams tank in Iraq â“ but what? - Page 5 - defence Forum for army related ...
		Another Abrams was disabled near Karbala after a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) penetrated the rear engine compartment and one was lost in Baghdad after its external auxiliary power unit was set on fire by medium-calibre fire.
		If the tank is not protected in the rear by support forces, or support forces have not sanitised the engagement peripherals, then of course the platform becomes vulnerable.
		And I agree on my view US and Russian tanks are still based on the old days of having heavy tanks based on the idea of taking more damages rather than avoiding damage.
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/showthread.php?p=46656 (2851 words)

	M1A1 Abrams tank
		Under this company’s leadership, the M1 tank was transformed into the high-tech war machine that it is today.On the eve of the Gulf War the Army was receiving its first shipments of the improved M1 tank, now termed the M1A1.
		This tank had a more powerful 120mm main gun, better armor, suspension improvements and a new biological and chemical protection system.
		The tank proved its worth and not one Abrams was lost to enemy fire during the war.
	www.michiganhistorymagazine.com /extra/tanks/m1a1_1.html (115 words)

	Army Fact File - Abrams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Abrams tank closes with and destroys enemy forces on the integrated battlefield using mobility, firepower, and shock effect.
		The 120mm main gun on the M1A1 and M1A2, combined with the powerful 1,500 hp turbine engine and special armor, make the Abrams tank particularly suitable for attacking or defending against large concentrations of heavy armor forces on a highly lethal battlefield.
		Features of the M1A1 modernization program include increased armor protection; suspension improvements; and a nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection system that increases survivability in a contaminated environment.
	www.army.mil /fact_files_site/abrams (206 words)

	Defense Review - Mystery Projectile Kills M1A1 Abrams Tank, Crew Survives. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As it passed through the interior of the tank, the projectile, along with its spalling effect, took out enough critical components to disable the M1A1 Abrams tank.
		Since the start of the war, only two M1A1 Abrams tanks have been taken out of commission by enemy fire, and this was one of them.
		Roos' story is titled "Pencil-thin, but able to stop a tank: Army officials puzzle over what pierced an M1A1 in Iraq".
	www.defensereview.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=491 (223 words)

	U.S. M1A1 Abrams Tank (Operation Desert Storm): WarToyZ.com
		It was apparent that the M-60 class tank was behind in the technology of the Soviet T-72 Main Battle Tank.
		The tank that finally was produced in the early 1980’s was the Abrams M1.
		This U.S. M1A1 Abrams is part of Forces Of Valor's Enthusiast Edition series, which is the extremely detailed version of this vehicle.
	www.wartoyz.com /page/WT/PROD/FOV-MOD/FV80005 (263 words)

	digg - Abrams M1A1 tank
		For starters, this story is about the Abrams M1A2, not the A1 which has been in action for many years.
		However I have a comment: The use of depleted uranium as armor in these tanks is satanically motivated: in the classic "Mephistophelesian" deal, present rewards are traded at the cost of later damnation.
		As an ex-tanker myself, this is an obligatory digg for me. The M1A1 is a fantastic machine and I loved operating it (well, most of the time anyways), but this is not really a digg-ish story...
	digg.com /tech_news/Abrams_M1A1_tank (303 words)

	A U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank fires into a building. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank fires into a building that Marines had received fire from during a firefight in Fallujah, Iraq, in support of Operation al Fajr (New Dawn) on Dec. 10, 2004.
		Operation al Fajr is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq by units of the 1st Marine Division.
		The M1A1 is assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion.
	www.defenselink.mil /photos/Dec2004/041210-M-8205V-027.html (104 words)

	Projectile that penetrated M1A1 Abrams Tank still a mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Whatever it was just barely missed the tanks gunner (it went through the back of his seat and grazed part of his flak jacket) and put a pencil size hole nearly 50mm deep into the four inch thick armor on the other side of the tank.
		Imagine a RPG which explodes 20 feet in front of the tank, shooting a DU sabot at the tank at ultra high speed.
		I think the hole in the tank in the article is a lot smaller than this.
	freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1012242/posts?page=72 (2101 words)

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