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Yeah, I remember. I happened to be in armor at the time. 60 Minutes did a piece on the contract competition. In this case they may have had a point. IIRC, the head to head tests at the Ft. Knox proving ground showed that the GM version was clearly a superior platform, while the Chrysler model had serious filtration problems, among many others. But the army selected the Chrysler model. Why? Well, it's was during the exact time that Chrysler was about to fold.

Now, that's a little different than just saying across the board that the M1 was a piece of junk. And maybe both things were being said by the media -- I don't recall that kind of detail.

But I do find it curious that we are sending the A1 version over there bec the tank has changed greatly since that version was produced.

I do find it curious that we are sending the A1 version over there bec the tank has changed greatly since that version was produced.

I thought that most of the Abrams tanks that saw "major combat operations" in Iraq were the A1 variant. IIRC, the 4th I.D. has the newer A2 model, but they were late in getting to the fray. If I'm incorrect, please let me know.