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SE1-ABRAMS MKIV

SE1-ABRAMS
AT 0-10MPS IT WILL NOT TURN SHARP JUMPING OK
AT 30MPS CAN 180 U TURN AND IS A GOOD SPEED TO SHOOT FROM (SAND DUNES) JUMPING NOT OK
AT 50MPS+ IT MAY BOTTOM OUT, YOU MIGHT FLIP IF ATTEMPTING A U TURN JUMPING WILL FRONT FLIP YOU
BOTTOM ARMOR= 1-3 BLOCKS THICK YES MINE RESISTANT HOWEVER YOU MAY LOSE WHEELS, YOU WILL BOTTOM OUT GOING ON RAMPS ESPECIALLY THE FRONT AND YOU WILL DIG A HOLE AND YOU WILL BE STUCK LOSE THE FRONT WHEELS AND STOP .... IF NOT COMPLETELY FRONT FLIP AND HAVE THE NOSE HIT THE GROUND FIRST ,
THIS WILL HAPPEN IDC IF IT DOCENT LOOK LIKE IT WOULD, IT WILL AND YOU CANNOT STOP IT....
TURRET = HAS 3 CICs ALL THE MAIN GUNS IS VERY STRONG AND CAN AND WILL BE YOUR ESCAPE POD GIVEN IT GETS BLOWN OFF THE MAIN TANK THE SURVIVAL RATE IS HIGH, IT HAS A HANGAR DOOR AND DOOR ON TOP WITH THE MAIN AND SECONDARY SHIELDS -THE MAIN BODY DOSE NOT HAVE THE BUBBLE SHIELD BUT HAS THE MAJORITY OF THE SECONDARY SHIELD IN THE MAIN BODY SEEN JUST BEHIND AND ALONG THE TRACKS. THE TURRET IS INDIVIDUALLY PARACHUTE SO YOU CAN DROP A TURRET TO RESUPPLY OR PUT THE TURRET ON ANOTHER CHASSIS. THE TOP TURRET IS MODULAR AND CAN BE CUSTOMIZED, THERE ARE SIDE PISTONS , SURVIVAL KIT (AND IN THE MAIN BODY), REPAIR SYSTEM , LOTS OF CARGO , THE MAIN CANNON SHOULD BE LOCKED IN IN AT HIGH SPEED.
MAIN BODY = REPAIR SYSTEM, AND SECONDARY SHIELD ARE EXTENSIVE IN THE MAIN BODY, LOTS OF CARGO, THE MAIN CANNON IS LARGE AND HEAVY PROTECT THE HINGE WATCH YOUR SHIELDING BE HIDDEN! SHOOT AND SCOOT!!!
FRONT ARMOR =SEVERAL BLOCKS THICK THINNER AT THE BASE , TRACKS EXTEND OUT OF THE MAIN BODY LIKE THE ABRAMS, THIS SECTION IS THE THICKEST ARMOR
TOPSIDE ARMOR= IS 1-3 BLOCKS THICK THINNEST IN THE CENTER UNDER THE TURRET, SEATS AND RAISED SECTIONS TO PROTECT TROOPS,
REAR ARMOR= THIS IS 1-3 BLOCKS THICK IN THE CENTER AND 5 BLOCKS THICK TO THE OUTER CORNERS OF THE TANK, THIS IS THE TURBINE ENGINES EXHAUST PORTS SO THERE IS A GREAT RISK OF PENETRATING TO THE CIC TO DIRECT HITS INSIDE THE EXHAUST, THE ENGINE IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE MAIN BODY CIC AND TURRET ROTOR. THIS IS ALSO WHERE PISTONS EXTEND TO ASSIST NON JETPACKING TROOPS TO GET IN THE TANK, AND THERE IS A HATCH FOR A CONNECTOR IN THE BOTTOM REAR TO RESUPPLY
SIDE SKIRTS= ARE HIGH AND EXPOSE THE TRACKS BUT ARE WIDE AND MULTI LAYERED
THEY -HELP- TO AVOID ROLLOVERS THERE ARE NO ROLLOVER PISTONS, THE SIDE SKIRTS ARE SPACED AND ARE MULTI LAYERED AND YOU SHOULD USE THE SIDE SKIRTS TO FACE THE ENEMY MOST OF THE TIME JUST DROP THE TRACKS TO PROTECT THEM , DROPPING TRACKS AT SPEED IS A OPTION BUT YOU MAY FLIP AND YOU WILL LOSE SOME SIDE SKIRTS BUT IS AN OPTION AT LESS THEN 50MPS GOING FORWARD,
M1A1/2 Abrams main battle tank is manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The first M1 tank was produced in 1978, the M1A1 in 1985 and the M1A2 in 1986.
The first M1 Abrams battle tanks were delivered to the US Army in 1980. A total of 3,273 M1 tanks were produced for the US Army, 4,796 M1A1 tanks were built for the US Army, 221 for the US Marines and 880 co-produced with Egypt.
For the M1A2 upgrade programme, more than 600 M1 Abrams tanks were upgraded to M1A2 configuration at the Lima Army tank plant between 1996 and 2001. Deliveries began in 1998.
M1A1 / M1A2 Abrams orders and deliveries
M1 Abrams main battle tank armament
The main armament is the 120mm M256 smoothbore gun, developed by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH of Germany. The 120mm gun fires the following ammunition – M865 TPCSDS-T and M831 TP-T training rounds, the M8300 HEAT-MP-T and the M829 APFSDS-T which includes a depleted uranium penetrator. Textron Systems provides the Cadillac Gage gun turret drive stabilisation system.
The commander has a 12.7mm Browning M2 machine gun and the loader has a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. A 7.62mm M240 machine gun is also mounted coaxially on the right-hand side of the main armament.
Depleted uranium armour
The M1A1 main battle tank incorporates steel-encased depleted uranium armour. Armour bulkheads separate the crew compartment from the fuel tanks.
The top panels of the tank are designed to blow outwards in the event of penetration by a HEAT projectile. The tank is protected against nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare.
One L8A1 six-barrelled smoke grenade discharger is fitted on each side of the turret. A smoke screen can also be laid by an engine-operated system.
In August 2006, GDLS was awarded a contract to produce 505 tank urban survivability kits (TUSK) for the US Army Abrams tanks.
TUSK includes add-on reactive armour tiles, loader’s armour gun shield (LAGS), tank infantry phone (TIP), Raytheon loader’s thermal weapon sight with Rockwell Collins head-mounted display and BAE Systems thermal driver’s rear-view camera (DRVC). TUSK entered service on M1A1 / M1A2 tanks in late 2007 and was deployed to Iraq.
Australian M1A1 tanks are fitted with Saab Barracuda multispectral camouflage systems, which reduce the tank’s visual, radar and infra-red signature.
Fire control and observation
The commander’s station is equipped with six periscopes, providing a 360° view. The Raytheon commander’s independent thermal viewer (CITV) provides the commander with independent stabilised day and night vision with a 360° view, automatic sector scanning, automatic target cueing of the gunner’s sight and back-up fire control.
M1A2 Abrams tank has a two-axis Raytheon gunner’s primary sight – line of sight (GPS-LOS), which increases the first round hit probability by providing faster target acquisition and improved gun pointing.
The thermal imaging system (TIS) has a magnification of ×10 narrow field of view and ×3 wide field of view. The thermal image is displayed in the eyepiece of the gunner’s sight together with the range measurement from a laser range finder.
The Northrop Grumman (formerly Litton) Laser Systems eyesafe laser range finder (ELRF) has a range accuracy to within 10m and target discrimination of 20m. The gunner also has a Kollmorgen Model 939 auxiliary sight with magnification ×8 and field of view 8°.
The digital fire control computer is supplied by General Dynamics – Canada (formerly Computing Devices Canada).
The fire control computer automatically calculates the fire control solution based on the lead angle measurement, bend of the gun measured by the muzzle reference system, velocity measurement from a wind sensor on the roof of the turret and data from a pendulum static cant sensor located at the centre of the turret roof.Data on ammunition type, temperature and barometric pressure is manually inputted by the operator
The driver has either three observation periscopes or two periscopes on either side and a central image intensifying periscope for night vision. The periscopes provide 120° field of view.
The DRS Technologies driver’s vision enhancer (DVE), AN/VSS-5, is based on a 328×245 element uncooled infra-red detector array, operating in the 7.5 to 13 micron waveband. A Raytheon driver’s thermal viewer, AN/VAS-3, is installed on the M1A2 Abrams tanks for Kuwait. Propulsion The M1 is equipped with a Honeywell AGT 1500 gas turbine engine. The Allison X-1100-3B transmission provides four forward and two reverse gears. The US Army has selected Honeywell International Engines and Systems and General Electric to develop a new LV100-5 gas turbine engine for the M1A2. The new engine is lighter and smaller with rapid acceleration, quieter running and no visible exhaust.