TUSK to update Abrams for urban battle (TREAD-HEAD ALERT)

ARNEWS ^ | 03/09/05 | Eric W. Cramer

[Southack]

“Today it’s a 360-degree fight, and these systems are designed to improve survivability in that urban environment.”

M1C1 Modular Combat Vehicle
Science & Technology

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M1C1 Modular Combat Vehicle
(Proposals To Upgrade Mothballed M1 Abrams Tanks Into Active Duty Urban Infantry Support Platforms)

The M1C1 is a modified M1 (or M1A1 or M1A2) Abrams main battle tank platform. It contains nine unique improvements:
1. The 105mm M1 Cannon is replaced with the 20mm GAU-4 (or 30mm GAU-8) Cannon
2. The two M1 tank treads are replaced with four half tracks
3. The 4 man M1 tank crew is downsized to a 3 man M1C1 crew
4. Ammunition storage for 105mm shells is replaced by the integrated GAU-4
5. Two long-range anti-tank missiles (e.g. TOW, HellFire, etc.) are added to the M1C1
6. Two powerful external intercoms are added to communicate with nearby infantry
7. An incoming projectile detection system for locating enemy small arms fire is added
8. An electrically deployable, 387 inch long full body ghilli camouflage system is added
9. Infrared and laser jamming modules are added; laser detection units are added

The M1C1 is designed to be an A-10 infantry support fighter on the ground.

[Calpernia]

Thanks for the info! Good night to all.

[need_a_screen_name]

1. The 105mm M1 Cannon is replaced with the 20mm GAU-4 (or 30mm GAU-8) Cannon

The M1C1 is designed to be an A-10 infantry support fighter on the ground.

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Sort of also like a Spectre gunship on the ground as well. Holy smokes. You don't want to be on the wrong end of that gun!

[Wiz]

Are M-2s/M-3s and M113s going to have any similar upgrades for urban warfare? I would like to see the slat armors used by Stryker to be added on other vehicles. Will slat armor do the job for hummers and ASV-150s?

[windchime]

Bump!

[U S Army EOD]

No, HE round first to get entry into the building, followed by two or three WP rounds. Beehive rounds kill the enemy to quick.

This also works great for mortars. HE to blow the roof off of the building, WP into the building to anoy or what ever the occupants. During WWII, my father who was in the Sixth AD, told me the Germans use to always put their towed anti-tank guns in the woods. The solution was to use WP on them and burn them out.

[SandRat]

Don't know about the M-2s/M-3s, most of the M-113s/M-577s had been sent to storage depots awaiting destruction or were pushed way down the Guard chain to units that were at a very - very low state of readiness for mobilization/deployment with a few exceptions. Now the M-113s/M-577s are being upgraded and sent to the sandbox as well as a Swedish variant that is well armored is being look at from an article I read, oh at least two months back on www.army.mil.