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M1A2 SEPv3; M1A2 (Baseline): Production began in 1992 and initial operating capability achieved in 1993. [239] (77 built for the U.S. and more than 600 M1s upgraded to M1A2, 315 for Saudi Arabia, 1,005 for Egypt, 218 for Kuwait). The M1A2 offers the tank commander an independent thermal sight and ability to, in rapid sequence, shoot at two ...
Under Project LAND 907 Phase 2, the Australian Army's tank fleet is to be increased to 75 M1A2 SEPv3 variants of the Abrams. These tanks will be sourced from US Army stocks and be modernised before entering Australian service, with the current fleet of Abrams being returned to the United States.
In January 2022, it was announced that the Army had ordered 75 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams to be delivered from 2024. [44] In October 2024, it was announced that the Army will donate 49 M1A1 Abrams to Ukraine as part of the Australian government support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and that the Army will retain a small number of M1A1s. [ 45 ]
In service since 2023. 28 M1A2 SEPv2 tanks leased for training in 2020. 116 M1A1 FEPs to be delivered in 2023 and to be upgraded to SEPv3 standard at a later date. [56] 250 M1A2 SEPv3s to be delivered between 2025 and 2026. [56] K2 Black Panther: 46/1000 Republic of Korea Poland
The Army had planned to build prototypes by 2014 and to begin to field the first combat-ready M1A3s by 2017, but this never came to pass. Instead, the U.S. Army produced incremental improvements to the M1A2 in the system enhancement packages, culminating in the M1A2 SEPv3. The SEPv4 had begun testing when the program was cancelled.
The M1A2 began production in 1986 and entered service in 1992, and offers an independent hunter-killer thermal sight and depleted uranium armour. The System Enhancement Package in 1992 integrated graphite-coated third generation depleted uranium armour. Challenger 1: 1983 United Kingdom: 420 62–70 tons 1200 hp Replaced the Chieftain.
In an approach combining both Land 907 and Land 8160 acquisitions, in early 2022 Australia announced [18] it planned to acquire one hundred sixty (160) M1 tank structures/hulls from US stock in order to produce the following vehicles and spares: seventy-five (75) M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks; twenty-nine (29) M1150 assault breacher ...
The M1147 Advanced Multi-Purpose (AMP), also known as M1147 High Explosive Multi-Purpose with Tracer (HEMP-T), [8] [9] is a next-generation 120mm tank round developed by Northrop Grumman for the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank.