How much rounds should you carry (Abrams line, even the upcoming m1a2)

[Psycho_]

just as the title says, i'm wondering how many rounds to bring.
i typically carry 23 APFSDS cause i dont normally finish through them. But i've had games at times where i'm taking out targets 2200 meters away or stay alive long enough to use all my rounds.

Just wondering whats the sweet spot in quantity where it still wont ♥♥♥♥ me up when they shoot my ammunition

[Blamite Delight]

When in my Leopard 2A5 I only bring as many rounds as the ammo ready rack holds. Holding more is a problem for two reasons:
1. This opens up your vehicle to ammo rack detonation as ammo stowage is in odd spots.
2. Moving shells from hull ammo stowage to the ready rack takes a VERY LONG time and during a fight you don't have that much downtime. Not to mention the hull ammo reload rate is insanely long.

[Jaes]

Subjective to the map. If it's a map with long distance engagements, gonna bring some extra ammo.

General rule of thumb is bring less than half of your total ammo capacity to help reduce the chances of an ammo detonation. I usually run 14-18 rounds in my Abrams at most.

[Kubulin24]

Take only the back ready rack with any Abrams. By taking more rounds and having them in the hull increases chance of detonation.

[Inept Komodo]

I carry more in the M1's with a 105 as the shells are smaller in the rack and you'll typically fire more than the 120, that said I take about 25 or so in the M1A1, I'm not really worried about over filling the ready rack on the M1 line as a single row of shells will get set off if the ammo compartment gets penned. And if the dividing door gets even a single hole it's nights out.

[Pumba70]

This may help https://wiki.warthunder.com/M1_Abrams#Ammo_racks

[-NODER-_Novastorm_]

I carry 30 apdsfs in my 3 abrams, so far so good, and sometimes i run out of ammo:)
Im always looking for a fight in matches, pushing etc..even 30 rounds sometimes arent enought.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1899135751
This is why i love so much USA at toptier:)

[Dakota]

Depends a bit on if its AB or RB. With AB you shoot a whole lot more so often enough it works to just go ahead and fill the ready rack. With RB you don't need as much and should worry more about enemies placing their shots into your turret. With a full rack you'll die in a hit if they pen the turret, with half its a 50-50 chance depending on which side they decided to shoot.

Generally I like going in with about 20 rounds give or take so only half the ready rack is filled up.