M1 "Abrams" - The Beginning:

----The M1 "Abrams" was developed by General Creighton Abrams. It first appeared at the 1980s.

Crew: Commander, gunner, loader and driver.
Engine: gas turbine.
Weight: 54.5 tons.
Max road speed: 54.5 km/h (33.75 mph).
Ground Pressure: 0.96 kg/sm., 2.44 kg/inch, 2.13 pounds/sm, 5.42 pounds/inch.

Main Gun: 105mm, fully stabilized, manual loading.
Ammunition: 55 rounds of SABOT/HEAT/HEP/WP.
Secondary Guns: Coaxial 7.62mm (0.22 inch), Heavy roof machinegun 12.7mm (0.5 inch) and a roof 7.62mm (0.22 inch) machingune.
Range Finder: Laser
Night Vision: Thermal
Armor:

	Hull	Turret
Front	375mm (14.76 inches), Chobham	380mm (14.96 inches) Chobham
Sides	200mm (7.87 inches) Chobham	300mm (11.81 inches) Chobham
Rear	75mm (2.95 inches) steel	75mm (2.95 inches) steel
Top	Unknown, probably the same as the rear

M1A1

Note that I will only specify here details that are different from the M1.

Front Hull Armor: 410mm (16.14 inches) Chobham. The M1A1 has extra-depleted uranium on the front of the hull.
Cannon: 120mm (4.72 inches) that fires only SABOT and HEAT. HEP and WP were not produced for the 120mm cannon. The M1A1 has only 40 rounds.

M1A2

Note that I will only specify here details that are different from the M1A1.

Armor: Classified: Approximately 610mm (24 inches) Chobham. Sides around half and the rear and top - even less.
The commander has his own station, not including the vision blocks and the hatch.
The M1A2 also fires MPAT and STAFF rounds.

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