United states military tank types11/13/2023 ![]() ![]() With 1500 smokeless horsepower on tap, the M1 gunner can fire accurately on the run, even while the driver takes evasive action. The M1 also has automatic fire detection and fire extinguishing systems as well as a solid-state digital computer and laser range finder. The fuel cells and main gun ammunition are compartmentalized, away from the crew. It has special armor plate, some of which will blow off during a direct hit so that the crew doesn't take the brunt of the explosion. The M1 will remain contemporary for at least 10 years, and has been designed accordingly. ![]() According to Colonel Sam Meyers (who is a ringer' for Robert Duvall's Colonel Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now"), the M1 can tangle with everything the Russians can send against it, including the new T-80 tank and its eventual offspring. ![]()
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