You could hear a tank coming for 2 miles away, engine or no engine.
“You could hear a tank coming for 2 miles away, engine or no engine.”
Despite all the like postings above, one of the advantages of the Abrams tank is the low noise of its gas turbine powerplant...noise-wise, for a tank, it is very “stealthy.”... especially compared to piston driven, gas or diesel, powered tanks.....the drawback is that the M-1 is a very thirsty beast!
A fuel cell is a fuel source not a powerplant...... imagine a hydrogen fueled turbine!
As a suggested reading try “King of the Killing Field.” the story of the M-1 Abrams tank....which details the Abrams developement starting in the 1970’s. An interesting read on the world’s best MBT.
Read “team Yankee” for a fictionalized account of a wartime M-1 tank Team during a Warsaw Pact era WWIII senario.....The Abrams is still the best tank fielded by any country.....even in 2010 it has no battlefield peer....
Me? I rather like my boots in the mud..... So tanks?....No thanks! LOLOLOLOL
In a lot of cases, you can also actually feel it coming too.