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The M1A2 SEP also serves as the basis for the M104 Wolverine heavy assault bridge. The M1A2 SEPv2 (version 2) added Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS or CROWS II) support, color displays, better interfaces, a new operating system, better front and side armor, and an upgraded transmission for better durability. [71]
The five secondary vehicles included two unnamed foreign-made platforms, the M1126 Stryker IFV, the M1A2 SEP TUSK Abrams main battle tank, and a modernized M1 Abrams. Vehicles included the AOA were determined to be inferior to the planned GCV. [29]
In December 1988 GDLS was awarded a full-scale development contract for the M1A2 Abrams. [81] About 6,000 M1A1 Abrams were produced from 1986 to 1992 and featured the M256 120 mm smoothbore cannon developed by Rheinmetall AG of Germany for the Leopard 2, improved armor, and a CBRN protection system.
M1A1D/M1A2/M1A2 SEP Abrams; M1A1HA Abrams; Out of service. M60A1/A3 TTS Patton Tank (including RISE and RISE Passive vehicles)
An M1 combat car, later designated as the M1A2 light tank The M1 combat car was a tankette that entered use with the U.S. Cavalry in the late 1930s. [ 9 ] Under the terms of the Defense Act of 1920, tanks were restricted to infantry units, which were equipped with M1 tanks armed with twin machine gun turrets by 1935.
The A4 (formerly E4) variant was under development by General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) [9] until ATK received a $77 million, three-year contract on 11 July 2011 to develop and qualify the M829A4 Advanced Kinetic Energy (AKE) round for the U.S. Army's M1A2 SEP (System Enhancement Package) Abrams MBT. [10]
The Picatinny Arsenal XM360 tank gun had been selected by September 2006. [23] tank gun underwent test firing at Aberdeen Proving Ground beginning in March 2008. [24] General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded a $14 million contract in 2007 to develop the ammunition handling system. [25]
Nederlands: Model van een M1A2, een Amerikaanse M1 Abrams-tank met 'hunter-killer' commandantsgeschutskoepel en Tank Urban Survivability Kit (TUSK), een serie verbeteringen aan de Abrams gericht op de stadsoorlog.