Check Them Out: The U.S. Army's Upgraded M-1A2C Abrams Are Coming

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/check-them-out-us-armys-upgraded-m-1a2c-abrams-are-coming-974 ^ | November 19, 2019 | David Axe

[Delta 21]

And the 2020 Corvette is just a 1953 model.

[Delta 21]

FREEPER TREADHEAD PING

ON THE WAY !

Keeper of the Tread Head Ping List: (Just a bunch of tankers) Lemme know if you want on/off the list.

[donozark]

Kinetic energy rounds can defeat it. Also, Russia/India etal coming out with new ATGMs and RPGs soon.

[AFreeBird]

Didn’t turn out so well in Terminator, either.

[Pollard]

The Army has acquired around 1,500 M-1A2s and converted most of them to the System Enhancement Package Version 2 standard. The M-1A2SEPv2, which General Dynamics describes as a "digital tank," features high-end computers, a remotely-operated machine gun on the turret and a dozen batteries that allow the tank quietly to operate its sensors without turning on its engine.

The M-1A2C in essence is a better-protected M-1A2SEPv2 that's also easier to upgrade. In addition to Trophy and more armor, the new tank boasts more electrical power, better diagnostic systems and a data-link that's compatible with programmable ammunition types that are in development.

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[vikingd00d]

>>I hear that you can buy them at gun shows.

And without a background check...

[6ppc]

The Brief Bolo History...
The General Motors Bolo Mark I, Model B, was little more than an upgrade of the Abrams/Leopard/Challenger/LeClerc/T-80-era main battle tank of the final years of the Soviet-American Cold War. (At the time the first Bolo was authorized, GM decided that there would never be a "Model A" or a "Model T", on the basis that the Ford Motor Company had permanently preempted those designations>) Equipped with a high-velocity main gun capable of defeating the newest Chobham-type composite armors at virtually any battle range and with a four-man crew, the Mark I was an essentially conventional if very heavy (150 metric tons) and fast (80 kph road speed) tank in direct line of descent from World War I's "Mother" via the Renault, PzKpf IV, T-34, Sherman, Panther, Tiger, Patton, T-54, M-60, Chieftain, T-72, and Abrams.

http://www.crayven.net/warhawk/bolo/briefhistory.html

[real saxophonist]

Gun shows? You can order one on the internet and have it delivered to your house with no background check. Why bother with the gun show loophole?

[Gamecock]

For those who don’t know, the military procurement system hit it out of the park with the M1.

It is designed to be up-gradable with many components being plug and play.

Need an upgraded gizmo? Pull out the old one and just slide the new one in it’s place.

Bolt on external reactive armor getting antiquated? Slap on the new and improved model and have a new 2LT check it with a ball-peen to search for dead spots.

[sauropod]

Have you read Ghost Fleet by Singer?

[taxcontrol]

Designed in 1970’s and still the MBT for the Army. With refits and upgrades, that is a 50 year old design. Impressive. Kinda like the B-52 for the Army.

[Psalm 73]

Saw my first M1 back in 1980 - I was building engines and they trucked one to the plant and put on a show at the adjacent airfield.
1500 SHP is nothing to sneeze at.

[Ed Condon]

Just went there with Ad-Block plus on my browser, and it showed 16 blocked ads while I was there.

[Phlyer]

I think we need to start thinking about drone (unmanned) tanks, controlled from miles away (or even continents away)…

Read "Gottlos" by Colin Kapp. It's not as easy as you think. The story is fiction, but the problem is real.

[MNJohnnie]

Best to read the article before posting. That is addressed

[MNJohnnie]

Best to read the article before posting.

US has always stretched the life span of tanks.

The M60 we upgraded 3 or 4 times before we switch to the Abrahams

[MNJohnnie]

False

READ the article. Don’t just cling to an ignorance based opinion

[MNJohnnie]

The tech in the Sci Fiction stories of my youth are starting to be built into real tanks.

Man am I getting old

[NorthMountain]

Ahh … the next step in development of the Continental Siege Unit. Are they self-aware yet?

[SauronOfMordor]

Tanks are ok in Europe and in the desert. They are a bit heavy for Third World bridges.

A tank is only useful if it can get to where the fighting is. We may need to look at much lighter, unmanned vehicles that can fit in narrow places, go over weak bridges, and can be deployed in swarms.