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The XM1202 Mounted Combat System (MCS) was planned as a successor to the M1 Abrams main battle tank. [16] The MCS was to provide both direct and beyond-line-of-sight ('indirect') firepower capability and allowed for in-depth destruction of point targets up to 8 km (5.0 mi) away. [16] MCS computer drawing c. 2004
The Army restarted its M60 successor program with Major General William R. Desobry leading the team formulating requirements in March 1972. [19] Army officials told congressmen in April that there was little that could be salvaged from the past efforts, and that a new tank would take at least eight years to develop. [20]
A Transparent Armor Gun Shield and a thermal sight system are added to the loader's top-mounted M240B 7.62 mm machine gun, [156] and a Kongsberg Gruppen Remote Weapon Turret carrying a 12.7 mm (.50 in) caliber machine gun (again similar to that used on the Stryker) is in place of the tank commander's original 12.7 mm (.50 in) caliber machine ...
The American-made M1 Abrams is considered one of the world’s premier tanks, yet has still proven vulnerable to Russian drones and explosives on the battlefield in Ukraine, which had sidelined ...
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 ...
However, the US approved the possible sale of 108 Abrams tanks to Taiwan in 2019. CNA reported that in addition to the 38 tanks already delivered, 42 are due to arrive next year, and 28 in 2026.
The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. The M60-2000/120S was a GDLS supplied conversion kit that married the 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 cost.
Since last year, the US has sent over 300 M2A2 Bradleys and 31 M1A1 Abrams variants to Ukraine, and Australia recently committed to sending nearly 50 more of the tanks.