This ain't your daddy's XM1 prototype from the 70s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams#History
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To: Redcitizen
Interesting concept. That 30mm on top looks like the same that’s currently on the AH-64D/E Apache.
2 posted on
10/09/2022 10:21:29 AM PDT by
Nathan _in_Arkansas
(Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
To: Redcitizen
Just in time for deer season.
3 posted on
10/09/2022 10:22:46 AM PDT by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Redcitizen
I’d like to know more about this Hybrid powertrain...
“ vehicle’s hybrid powertrain buried deep inside it is probably its most exciting feature. General Dynamics says this will result in a whopping 50% fuel savings — the Abrams’ kerosine-guzzling turbine engine has long been a major logistics vs performance trade-off. This hybrid system will also allow AbramsX to operate silently while sitting idle and possibly even for short durations at low speed.”
I wonder if its some sort of Hydraulic Accumulator design. I just can see a battery big enough to move a tank.
To: Redcitizen
5 posted on
10/09/2022 10:25:50 AM PDT by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Redcitizen
6 posted on
10/09/2022 10:27:15 AM PDT by
datura
(Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
To: Redcitizen
7 posted on
10/09/2022 10:29:21 AM PDT by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Redcitizen
To: Redcitizen
So, we shipping the old ones to U-crane?
16 posted on
10/09/2022 10:38:24 AM PDT by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Redcitizen
The sniper gray-like urban camouflage with countershading along its serrated skirt... Uh-huh.
First time EVER.
22 posted on
10/09/2022 10:44:56 AM PDT by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: Redcitizen
Do they have one that runs on electricity? Asking for a friend.
23 posted on
10/09/2022 10:45:12 AM PDT by
VRW Conspirator
(Socialism should more accurately be called Sociopathism)
To: Redcitizen
It’d be nice to have a tank that requires less than 2 fuel trucks to follow it around.
29 posted on
10/09/2022 10:50:17 AM PDT by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Redcitizen
Has this concept been in development before Trump came in office?
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3 man crew. No Ma-Deuce. Replaced by 30mm remote fire gun. Automated unmanned turret with a lower profile. Hi-tech gadgets galore and a gun that will totally ruin your day.
Finally! After 40 Years US Introduced Next Generation Tank
44 posted on
10/09/2022 11:33:27 AM PDT by
Delta 21
(MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
To: Redcitizen
Getting closer
47 posted on
10/09/2022 11:36:17 AM PDT by
Flatus I. Maximus
(If Black Lives Matter, how do you explain Chicago?)
To: Redcitizen
The caterpillar treads are a nice touch.
These things were never that great in actual combat:
51 posted on
10/09/2022 11:44:31 AM PDT by
x
To: Redcitizen
now I really want one ....
54 posted on
10/09/2022 11:49:36 AM PDT by
T. Rustin Noone
(This is exactly the same )
To: Redcitizen
...and they're ultra-cheap, at only 500 million 'BidenBucks' per unit...
(\sarc ;>)
60 posted on
10/09/2022 11:59:35 AM PDT by
Who is John Galt?
("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
To: Redcitizen
Given how Presidementia XiJinBiden seems to be pushing for war, nuclear or otherwise, against Russia and seeing how he is draining the SPR, I sure hope they have HUNDREDS of prototypes that are ready to go! We (the West) is gonna need ‘em! Presidementia Joe BiteMe needs to be gagged before hs starts a war!
To: Redcitizen
This is the typical thing a weapons manufacturer does when a weapons platform reaches the end-of-the-road. They design and build a “concept” in a vain attempt to keep an assembly line open. See “Crusader III”, “F-14 Super Tomcat”, etc. Armored warfare is at a crossroad. There will still be something to fill the role of a “survivable direct-fire platform”, but it may not resemble what we call a ‘tank’.
74 posted on
10/09/2022 1:28:59 PM PDT by
Tallguy
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