its predecessor and IPM1 M1 tanks

M1A1 tanks, M1A1 Abrams tanks full name, is the third generation main battle tanks after the war, the U.S. military service in 1985.

U.S. M1A1 main battle tank is the M1 series tanks of the second improved, and its predecessor and IPM1 M1 tanks, the U.S. Army has become the main tank.

M1A1 combat weight 57 tons, 4 crew. Maximum speed of 66.8 km / h, may be involved in a preparation of mbt shoes uk 1.98 meters of water. The car from front to back into driving, fighting and power transmission parts 3. Main weapon is a 120 mm smoothbore gun, firing APFSDS and multi-purpose HEAT ammunition base of 40 shots. Secondary weapon is a 12.7 mm antiaircraft machine guns and two 7.62 mm machine guns, ammunition base, respectively 10 00 11400 hair and hair. Aiming with the concept of fire control fire control computing device is the principle of moving with high firing accuracy.

Features:

① protective ability. Using a composite hull and turret armor, increase of kinetic energy projectile bombs and chemical energy (HEAT) for protection. Under the same weight of armor, composite armor defense capabilities are homogeneous armor HEAT 3 to 5 times. Armor-piercing ammunition in the fight against shelling, the equivalent of 600 mm Armor, in the fight against hollow charge HEAT, the equivalent of 1,300 mm Armor. Inside the crew compartment, ammunition rooms, fuel rooms with a partition between the protection, to prevent the detonation of ammunition or fuel, have threatened the crew. Room at the top of the turret Weicang ammunition discharge plates equipped with anti-explosion, was shot once in the part of the ammunition to explode, discharge plate is first opened, so that the release of explosive energy outward to protect the safety of car occupants and equipment. The car is also equipped with automatic fire explosion suppression devices can be detected within 3 ms, and the fire extinguished within 200 milliseconds. Collective-three devices in the car, resulting in higher than the external atmospheric overpressure, to prevent nuclear, MBT Salama,biological and chemical hazardous substances into the vehicle, the turret is also equipped with smoke grenade launchers, if necessary, cast camouflage smoke.

② artillery powerful, 120-mm tank gun in 2000 and within 3600 meters from the starting hit the target. The move may hit 3,000 m distance of the stationary target, direct distance of 1,800 meters, 2800 meters distance in the breakdown of three NATO heavy target, using the M829A1 projectile species, penetrating 1.5 meters thick in the dike destroyed the Soviet Union after the Type T-72 tanks.

③ advanced fire control system. M1A1 tanks, the reaction time of 6.2 seconds, the night vision equipment performance, regardless of weather conditions, the effective viewing distance of 1000 meters above can be the biggest night vision distance is 2000 meters, with the Iraqi tanks in the battle, to make visual tank gun can not be found hitting the T-72 tanks.

④ fuel and stroke ratio is reasonable, usually running 3 hours after filling the fuel, MBT Fumba for up to 5 hours before refueling.