Overview [ ]
105mm Gun Tank, M1, Improved Performance
FrontL
FrontR
RearL
RearR
Design
Produced
October 1984 - May 1986
Main Gun Sights
• Gunner's Primary Sight • Gunner's Auxiliary Sight • Ballistic Computer • Azimuth Indicator • Elevation Quadrant • Gunner's Quadrant, M1A1
Weapon Loading
Manual, 7 rounds per minute
Traverse
360° Electrohydraulic (40° per second / 9 second per 360°) and manual
Elevation
-10° to +20° Electrohydraulic (25° per second) and manual
Pintle / AA Gun
Loader's hatch:
7.62x51mm M240 (10,000 rounds)
Smoke Screen
2 x smoke launchers on turret (24 rounds)
Crew Weaponry
• 1 x
5.56x45mm M16A1 (210 rounds)
• 8 x
M67 Hand Grenade • 24 x
AN/M18 Smoke Grenade
Armour Type
Hull : Welded assembly, rolled homogeneous steel with special armour arrays in the frontal area and special armour skirts protecting the upper sides and part of the suspension system.Turret : Welded assembly, rolled homogenous steel with special armour arrays in the frontal area.
Crew
4 (Driver, Gunner, Loader, Commander)
NBC Protection
• M13A1 gas, particulate filter unit with four M25A1 masks • M15A2A chemical agent detector • AN/VDR Radiac nuclear agent detector • 3 x ABC M11 (1.42L) decontamination apparatus
Fire Protection
• Automatic Halon fire detection and extinguisher system • 2 x Portable Halon fire extinguishers
Internal Communication
AN/VIC-1; 4 stations plus external box
External Communication
AN/VRC-12 or AN/VRC-64
Wading Kit
Deep Water Wading Kit
Weight
Combat: ~55.34t
Unstowed: ~52.16t
Length
Hull: 7.917m
Gun forward: 9.766mGun rear: 8.971m
Barrel Overhang
Gun forward: 1.849m
Turret Ring Diameter
2.159m
Engine
Avco Lycoming AGT-1500
Engine Characteristics
Free shaft power gas turbine with a two spool gasifier and recuperator • Air-cooled • hp: 1520.8hp @ 3000rpm • Torque: 5333.7Nm • Weight: 1.146t, dry • Engine Oil: 26.49L
Transmission/Gearbox
X1100-3B, 4 forward, 2 reverse Hydrokinetic, fully automatic, 3 element torque convertor with lockup clutch
Gears
Automatic gears; • Neutral • Low (Automatic 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) • Drive (Automatic 2nd, 3rd, 4th) • Reverse (Automatic 1st, 2nd) • Pivot steer Drive ratios; • 1st: 5.877:1 • 2nd: 3.021:1 • 3rd: 1.891:1 • 4th: 1.278:1 • Reverse 1: 8.305:1 • Reverse 2: 2.354:1
Ground Pressure
0.949kg/cm²
Fuel Capacity
1911.63L of Diesel DF-1, DF-2 or DF-A
Operational Range
Onroad: 442.57km
Maximum Fording Depth
With kit: 2.286m Without kit: 1.219m
Minimum Turning Diameter
Pivot
Final Reduction Drive
Planetary gear Gear ratio 4.67:1
Suspension
High strength torsion bar
Vertical Obstacles
1.244m
Roadwheels
7 individual dual wheels per track (14)
Return Rollers
2 single per track (4)
Drive Sprocket
11-tooth, rear
Idler Sprocket
Front, dual, compensating
Shock Absorbers
Rotary hydraulic shock absorbers on first 2 and last road wheels
Track Type
T156: Central guide, double pin, intergral rubber pad
Track Ground Contact
4.574m
Steering System
T-bar (Hydrostatic)
The M1IP Abrams (IP = I mproved P erformance ) is an American main battle tank. The M1IP is also known as the IPM1 . The M1IP retained many of the improvements brought into the later model M1 models, including the Block I improvements.
Variants [ ]
105mm Gun Tank, M1
First production variant. 3,273 built.
105mm Gun Tank, M1, Improved Performance
Block I improvements applied to standard M1. 894 built.
120mm Gun Tank, M1E1
M1IP armed with 120mm Gun, XM256 . 14 built.
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1
Standardized M1E1. 5,197 built.
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1, Abrams Integrated Management v1
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1, Abrams Integrated Management v2
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1, Heavy Armor
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1, Heavy Common
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1, Digital
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1, Firepower Enhancement Package
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1, Situational Awareness
120mm Gun Tank, M1A2
Block II development.
120mm Gun Tank, M1A2, System Enhancement Package v1
120mm Gun Tank, M1A2, System Enhancement Package v2
120mm Gun Tank, M1A2, System Enhancement Package v3
120mm Gun Tank, M1A2, System Enhancement Package v4
Formerly known as M1A3, SEPv4 is the latest upgrade package for the M1A2.
Derivatives
120mm Gun Tank, Component Advanced Technology Test Bed
Armed with a lightweight 120mm gun.
120mm Gun Tank, M1A1 Block III
Concept model.
120mm Gun Tank, Tank Test Bed
Tank test bed armed with an autoloading 120mm Gun, M256 in a compact unmanned turret.
Lockheed Martin Thumper
Prototype armed with 140mm Gun, XM291 .
M1 Air Ground Defense System
M1 Armored Recovery Vehicle
M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle
M1 Combat Mobility Vehicle Grizzly
M104 Heavy Assault Bridge Wolverine
M1074 Joint Assault Bridge
M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle
Surrogate Research Vehicle
Crew arrangement research vehicle.
Tracked Vehicles
Light Tanks
Light Tank
Chick • HSTV(L) • M8 (XM8 ) • M41 (A1 , A2 , A3 • M41/Stingray ) • T41 • T71 • T92 • TS-1 • TS-3 • TS-4 • TS-7 • TS-8 • TS-9 • TS-10 • RDF/LT • Stingray (II ) • Wasp
Light Tank, Amphibious
AAAV • M551 Sheridan (A1 , XM551 )
IFV
M2 Bradley (A1 • A2 • A3 ) • M3 Bradley • M116 • MICV-65 • XM729 • XM701 • XM734 • XM800T • XM1202
Medium Tanks
Main Battle Tank
120S • AGF-45 • CATTB • General Motors 400K • General Motors 500K • LK 10322 • LK 10372 • LK 10379 • LK 10382 • Lockheed-Martin Thumper • M1 Abrams (IP • E1 • A1 • A1AIM • A1D • A1FEP • A1HA • A1HC • A2 • A2SEPv1 • A2SEPv2 • A2SEPv3 • A3 ) • M1 Thumper • M48 (A1 • A2 • A2C • A3 • A4 • A5 • C ) • M60 (A1 • A1 (AOS) • A1 RISE • A1 RISE Passive • A1E1 • A1E2 • A1E3 • A1E4 • A2 • A3 • TTS • A3 SLEP • AX • 2000 ) • MBT(MR) • MBT70 • M-I-Y • M-II-Y • M-III-Y • M-IV-Y • Rex I • Rex II • Rex III • Rex IV • Rex V • Rex VI • TL-1 • TL-2 • TL-5 • TL-7 • TV-8 • XM1-FSED Abrams • XM66 • XM803
Medium Tank
M26 (A1 • E1 • E2 ) • M46 (A1 • E1 ) • M47 • M-1 • M-2 • M-3 • M-4 • M-5 • M-6 • M-7 • T42 • T48 • T54 (E1 • E2 ) • T57 • T69 • T77
Medium Tank, Flamethrowing
M67 Zippo
Heavy Tanks
Heavy Tank
Hen • M103 (A1 • A2 ) • T29 (E1 • E3 ) • T30 • T32 (E1 ) • T34 • T43 • T57 • T58
Self-Propelled Guns
SPAA
M6 Bradley Linebacker • M42 (M42A1 ) • M113A2 ADATS • M163 (A1 ) • M247 Sergeant York • M741 • M975 • T100 • T141 (E1 ) • T149 • TS-11 • XM166 • XM246 • XM247
ATGMV
M901 ITV (A1 • A2 • A3 ) • T149
SPAT
AT-3 • Chick • M56 • SARAH • T86 • T101 • T114
SPFT
M132 (A1 )
SPH
105mm LA-3 • 105mm M52 • 105/110mm LA-7 • 155mm M44 (A1 ) • 155mm M53 • 155mm M109 (A1 • A2 • A3 • A4 • A5 • A6 ) • 155mm T94E1 • 155mm T194E1 • 155mm XM2001 Crusader • 175mm M107 • 175mm T235 • 203.2mm M55 • 203.2mm M110 (A1 • A2 • E1 • E2 • E3 ) • 203.2mm T93 • 240mm T92 • TS-12 • TS-13 • TS-27
Self-Propelled Missile Launcher
M474 • M548 • M667 • M688 • M727 • M730 (A1 • A2 ) • M752 • XM474 (E1 • E2 ) • XM476 • XM546 (E1 ) • XM548 (E1 ) • XM730
SPM
81mm M125 (A1 • A2 ) • 81mm T257 (107mm E1 ) • 81mm XM755 • 107mm M106 (A1 • A2 ) • 107mm XM106 • 120mm M1064
SPRG
AT-1 • AT-2 • M50 Ontos (A1 ) • T164 • T165 (E2 ) • T166 • T167
Self-Propelled Rocket Artillery
M270 MLRS (A1 )
Explosive Related
Mine Laying
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Mine Clearing / Sweeping
M1 Panther II • M60 • M60 Panther
Misc Tanks
Ammunition Carrier
M992
APC
M1 Grizzly • M44 AUV • M58 Wolf • M59 APC • M75 APC • M113 (A1 • A1E1 • A2 • A2E1 • A3 • E2 ) • M1059 (A3 ) • T13 AUV • T16 AUV • T18 AUV (E1 • E2 ) • T55 • T56 • T59 APC (E1 ) • T73 AIV • T113 (E1 • E2 ) • T117 • TS-28 • XM45 (E1 ) • XM733 (E1 ) • XM1108
ARV
M1 • M51 • XM696 • XM806 (E1 )
Bridge Laying
M48A2 • M48A5 • M60 • M60A1 • M104 Wolverine
Cargo
M116 • M548 • T60 • T107 • XM548 (E1 )
Command
M4 C2V • M577 • M1068
EW
M1015
Engineering & Maintenance
M579 Fitter • M728 • M728A1 • T118
Land Clearing
M60 with M9 Bulldozer
Amphibious Assault Vehicle
LVTP-5 • LVTPX1 • LVTUX1 • MH EXP LVT
Medical
M113 AMEV
Observation, Spotting & Survey
M113 OSV • M981 FISTV
Training
M551 NTC
Utility
T122
Half-Tracked Vehicles
Transport
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Trucks
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Amphibious Transport
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Gun Motor Carriages (GMC)
M34, 40mm • T19, 40mm
Howitzer Motor Carriages (HMC)
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Multiple Gun Motor Carriages (MGMC)
M16 (A1 • A2 • B )
Mortar Motor Carriages (MMC)
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Utility
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Wheeled Vehicles
Offensive / Defensive
Armament Carrier
M1025 (A1 ) • M1026 (A1 ) • M1043 (A1 • A2 ) • M1044 (A1 ) • M1114 • M1116
Armored Cars
T55 • XM800W • XM808
Directed Energy Weapon Carrier
HLONS
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
LAV-25 (A1 • A2 ) • LAV-300 • LAV-600 • M1126 ICV
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun & SAM
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger • LAV-AD • M998 Avenger • M1097 Avenger
Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Guided Missile
LAV-AT • M966 (A1 ) • M1025A2 • M1036 • M1045 (A1 • A2 ) • M1046 (A1 ) • M1115 • M1121 • M1134 ATGMV • M1167
Self-Propelled Mortar
Dragon Fire • LAV-EFSS • LAV-M • M1129 MCV
Self-Propelled Rocket Artillery
M142 HIMARS
Tank Destroyer
M1128 MGS
Other
Ammunition Carrier
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APC
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Cargo
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Command
M1009 • M1028 (A1 )
Dump Truck
M929 (A1 • A2 ) • M930 (A1 • A2 )
Engineering
M764
Fuel Carrier
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Generator Carrier
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IMV
Cheetah • M1008 (A1 )
Medical
M1010
MRAP
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Reconnaissance
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Prime Movers
M931 (A1 • A2 ) • M932 (A1 • A2 ) • M1031
Utility
M1097 (A1 • A2 )
Water Carrier
M50 (A2 • A3 )
ABRAMS [ ]
Full title: ABRAMS A History of the American Main Battle Tank Volume2
Authors: R. P. Hunnicutt
Year: 1990
ISBN: 0-89141-388-X
Pages: 230, 304