• Thumbnail for M1 Abrams
    The M1 Abrams (/ˈeɪbrəmz/) is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named...
    223 KB (23,511 words) - 20:22, 19 May 2025
  • 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...
    85 KB (10,259 words) - 14:59, 15 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Tanks of the United States
    on a successor to the Abrams under the Decisive Lethality Platform. M1917 - Licensed-built French Renault FT. Light Tank, M1/M1 Combat Car Light Tank...
    107 KB (14,815 words) - 07:23, 14 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Creighton Abrams
    main battle tank, the M1 Abrams, after him. The IG Farben building in Germany was also named after Abrams from 1975 to 1995. Abrams graduated from the United...
    34 KB (2,651 words) - 04:47, 12 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for M68 tank gun
    delaying its fielding until 1984. The early production versions of the M1 Abrams (M1 & IPM1) were armed with the M68A1 for two reasons. First was due to...
    21 KB (2,527 words) - 06:53, 14 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Leopard 2
    provide Ukraine with M1 Abrams tanks, as Germany insisted on moving in coordination with its allies. The decision to provide M1 Abrams tanks had previously...
    311 KB (28,998 words) - 19:03, 14 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Rheinmetall Rh-120
    developed into the M830A1, which allows the M1 Abrams to use the round against helicopters. The M1 Abrams can use the M1028 canister round, which is an...
    57 KB (5,951 words) - 16:01, 15 March 2025
  • Thumbnail for M256 (tank gun)
    American-designed mount, cradle and recoil mechanism. It is primarily used by the M1 Abrams main battle tank. A number of considerations had led the U.S. Army and...
    8 KB (823 words) - 11:09, 4 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Chobham armour
    the FV4211, and first applied on the preseries of the American M1. Only the M1 Abrams, Challenger 1, Challenger 2, and K1 88-Tank have been disclosed...
    36 KB (4,887 words) - 10:27, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
    ramp that accommodates rolling stock, such as a 69-ton (63-metric ton) M1 Abrams main battle tank, other armored vehicles, trucks, and trailers, along...
    141 KB (12,915 words) - 00:13, 22 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for K1 tank
    the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. It is a derivative of Chrysler's M1 Abrams, tailored to meet the ROK's unique requirements. The K1A1 is an upgraded...
    83 KB (8,945 words) - 12:05, 6 May 2025
  • XM1 (redirect from X-M1 (disambiguation))
    Hurban (1983 XM1), a main-belt asteroid The Fujifilm X-M1, a mirrorless digital camera The M1 Abrams (or XM1 prototype), a US main battle tank The Marske...
    497 bytes (97 words) - 12:15, 22 March 2025
  • Thumbnail for M60 tank
    in service throughout the world, despite having been superseded by the M1 Abrams in the US military. The tank's hull was the basis for a wide variety of...
    176 KB (21,463 words) - 22:39, 17 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for MBT-70
    technology from the MBT-70 project redirected to the development of the M1 Abrams. West Germany independently developed the Leopard 2 as its new main battle...
    45 KB (5,332 words) - 01:49, 16 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Tank
    Patton series, Chieftain, and T-72 led to the contemporary Leopard 2, M1 Abrams, Challenger 2, C1 Ariete, T-90 and Merkava IV. Tanks and anti-tank weapons...
    116 KB (14,248 words) - 16:28, 4 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for General Dynamics
    nuclear-powered submarines, Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers, M1 Abrams tanks, and Stryker armored fighting vehicles. In 2024, General Dynamics...
    71 KB (5,841 words) - 16:09, 15 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Avco-Lycoming AGT1500
    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...
    6 KB (582 words) - 20:01, 5 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Torsion bar suspension
    Leopard 2, M26 Pershing, M18 Hellcat, M48 Patton, M60 Patton and the M1 Abrams (many tanks from World War II used this suspension), and on modern trucks...
    17 KB (2,295 words) - 19:27, 6 March 2025
  • Thumbnail for Tanks of the United States in the Cold War
    selected for development as the M1. In 1979, General Dynamics Land Systems Division purchased Chrysler Defense. The M1 Abrams was the first of its kind. It...
    28 KB (4,049 words) - 20:00, 26 January 2025
  • configurations. Decisive Lethality Platform (DLP), the replacement for the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The project began in 2017 after the previous Ground...
    14 KB (1,541 words) - 01:08, 1 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for M1150 assault breacher vehicle
    is a U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams chassis, equipped with a mine plow and line charges. Its first large scale...
    17 KB (1,395 words) - 19:58, 19 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Oshkosh M1070
    M1070’s primary role in the U.S. Army is as a tank transporter, hauling the M1 Abrams tank on a DRS Technologies M1000 semi-trailer as the Heavy Equipment Transport...
    35 KB (3,552 words) - 03:53, 9 April 2025
  • 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 users at a reduced...
    10 KB (1,171 words) - 21:51, 12 May 2025
  • share commonalities. Systems that the ASM sought to replace included the M1 Abrams main battle tank, M109 howitzer and M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle...
    22 KB (2,738 words) - 15:26, 11 December 2024
  • vehicle simulation of the M1 Abrams tank. The 1991 Sega Genesis port by Realtime Games Software was renamed to M-1 Abrams Battle Tank. Although the simulation...
    6 KB (543 words) - 07:52, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heavy Equipment Transport System
    vehicle transport system, the primary purpose of which is to transport the M1 Abrams tank. It is also used to transport, deploy, and evacuate armored personnel...
    10 KB (818 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Tanks of the post–Cold War era
    friendly fire incident, Hellfire anti-tank missiles disabled several M1 Abrams tanks. Some of the most successful second-generation Cold War tanks are...
    46 KB (5,393 words) - 09:47, 13 February 2025
  • Thumbnail for Main battle tank
    such as the T-72.[citation needed] The United States Army used 1,100 M1 Abrams in the course of the Iraq War. They proved to have an unexpectedly high...
    61 KB (6,651 words) - 02:23, 1 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Tanks of the Ukrainian Army
    Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) in a $400 million package; 31 M1 Abrams tanks (an entire Ukraine tank battalion), and 8 M88 Recovery Vehicles...
    50 KB (4,005 words) - 13:19, 19 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for M10 Booker
    M35 105mm main gun controlled by the same fire control system as the M1A2 Abrams, along with an M240C 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, and an M2 .50 caliber machine...
    24 KB (2,238 words) - 16:53, 23 May 2025