Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
M1A2 SEP (System Enhancement Package): A series of upgrades to the M1A2, including SEP v2 and SEP v3, with further improvements. [ 217 ] [ 218 ] Hoisted power pack; Top left section: Engine lubricating-oil cooler heat exchanger (HE).
The next generation ammunition, called 120 mm APFSDS-T M829A2, entered service in 1994 and is the armor-piercing ammunition currently being produced by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for the 120 mm M256 gun of M1A1 and M1A2 tanks. It is a technology improvement over the M829A1.
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.
Students complete six exams and an all-hands-on exams with 100% accuracy. This is the most focused of the courses offered at the Armor School, with eighteen students per class and a 2:1 student to teacher ratio. It focuses on the M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Package (SEP) Tank. [17]
To improve the lethality of the M1A2 main battle tank, the US Army funded the Advanced Tank Armament System (ATAS) research project to integrate a longer gun tube. [10] The long tube is based on the German Rh-120 L55 tube, made by Rheinmetall, and is 1.3 m longer than the conventional M256 120 mm gun tube.
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.
The M830 is an American 120×570mm NATO high explosive anti-tank multi purpose (HEAT MP-T) cartridge which has anti-armor and anti-personnel capabilities. [1] This round is meant for the 120 mm M256 main gun of the M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams.
The M88A2 is slightly larger than its predecessors, at 8.6 × 3.7 × 3.2 m compared to 8.3 × 3.4 × 3.2 m. It has a lower top speed (40 km/h) and a significantly lower road range at 322 km, compared to 450 km. There have been improvements in braking and steering.