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    The U.S. Army's 'New' M-1A2C Abrams Tanks Will Enter Service Soon.

    The U.S. Army's 'New' M-1A2C Abrams Tanks Will Enter Service Soon.

    They will have enough this summer for one armored brigade. The Army has 58 combat brigades, 16 of them armored.

    The new M-1A2C Abrams boasts new active and passive protection that could help to protect it from the latest enemy weaponry. The most obvious new features of the M-1A2C are the vehicle's Trophy active-protection systems and an additional slab of armor on the front of its turret.

    Trophy uses a radar to detect incoming missiles and rockets then fires tiny projectiles to intercept the munitions. The Army also is back-fitting Trophy to some older M-1 models.
    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."The Abrams M-1A2C can host any mature technology the Army deems operationally relevant," the Army stated.


    The latest version of the M-1 arguably is the best tank in the world. For now.
    Hopefully the Army will invest more in training its tank crews than it has in the last decade plus of fighting low intensity conflicts in the Middle East. Our teams didn't even qualify in an annual armor competition in Germany.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The U.S. Army's 'New' M-1A2C Abrams Tanks Will Enter Service Soon.

    They will have enough this summer for one armored brigade. The Army has 58 combat brigades, 16 of them armored.





    Hopefully the Army will invest more in training its tank crews than it has in the last decade plus of fighting low intensity conflicts in the Middle East. Our teams didn't even qualify in an annual armor competition in Germany.
    Whatever they do.....don't give the upgrades to the Saud. They tend to go thru them real quick like for some odd reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    Whatever they do.....don't give the upgrades to the Saud. They tend to go thru them real quick like for some odd reason.
    We sell them our old ones as we upgrade.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    We sell them our old ones as we upgrade.
    Yeah, I know and the Saud lose them just as fast as we resupply them.
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    Here is an article about what is next- after Abrams.

    Beyond Immediate Future

    But what about a tank beyond the immediate future? Where is the focus beyond 2028?

    When asked to talk about a more far-reaching future, representatives for the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, admitted to “a strong reluctance to get wild,” adding, “No one wants to talk sci-fi or get too futuristic.”

    Likewise, industry planners tended to keep their focus on more of a 10-year technology window, with several company representatives declining to speculate even that far.

    For example, as a possible reflection of Coffman’s comments about “other munitions that could be put in place,” Craig Aakhus, director of large-caliber ammunition for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, was quick to highlight the 120 mm Advanced Multi-Purpose, XM1147 High Explosive Multi-Purpose—Traced round “and the capabilities that round will bring to Abrams.”

    AMP will replace four currently inventoried tactical rounds—M830, M830A1, M908 and M1028—with a round that not only retains performance against the existing target set but adds new capabilities for antipersonnel airburst.

    “We’re finishing up on design work right now and then going right into qualification,” Aakhus said. “That looks like it will be completed over the next several months, and we are looking to go into low-rate production in the next year.”

    Another “future” tank projectile, which he dubbed “the next-generation kinetic energy round,” is the M829A4. Again, that’s in its second production year and hardly a “far future” concept.

    When pushed further toward the future, Aakhus pointed to significant potential in technologies like the advancement of forward-looking infrared and acknowledged multiple “extended line of sight activities underway” to extend the range of the AMP type of capability and also include “hard-target armored defeat out at range.”

    ‘Quantum Technologies’
    Read the entire article at the link.
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