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Hard Charger
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I'm no armor expert. However, I do know that that turbine is great for drying out you. Or your sopping wet fart sack.
However that exhaust is so damm hot it precludes the Grunts from getting up tight on the rear of an Abrams for cover.
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Alejake (12/7/2003)
And it could also be that tactically when going up against equal fire-control technology that speed can make the difference between victory and defeat.
As far as I know currently the M1A1 Abrams is the fasted heavy tank in the world's armory with a top road speed of 45 MPH and a top cross country speed of 30 MPH. The next fastest goes somewhere around 36 MPH for roads and 24 MPH for cross country.
The US Army has selected Honeywell International Engines and Systems and General Electric to develop a new LV100-5 gas turbine engine for the M1A2. The new engine is lighter and smaller with rapid acceleration, quieter running and no visible exhaust.
It took almost 15 years from drawing board to roll-out for the M1A1 . . . it has proven itself over and over again and I don;t look for a replacement in the near future.
Actually the M1A1 is faster than that. As I remember it can do 60 mph but is governed to 45 mph to save the drive train. While attending an OPFOR weapons course at Aberrdeen in 1982 (best I can remember) I saw the "side by side" demo of the M1A1 and the M60A3. No comparision. I doubt that they would get anything like the performance out of a diesel that they do out of the gas turbine. Especially in "throttle response"/acceleration.
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Red6 (5/15/2009)
Delta_6 (12/18/2003)
The AGT-1500 was last produced in 1992. Current M1 tanks are using rebuilt engines made prior to 1992. Due to the age and op hours on these engines, maintenance costs are increasing. The Army will be replacing the AGT-1500 in the near future, they have no choice if they want to keep M-1's going for the next 25 years.
So will the Army go with another turbine engine like the LV100, a Diesel, a diesel/electric hybrid, or a turbine/electric hybrid?BINGO!!!!!!!!! Turbines are great! Old turbines that are far past "end of life," have been rebuilt three times, where parts need special made because they are no longer available, where half the original suppliers are out of business......... that sort of creates a problem. What we need is a new turbine! Has anybody else noticed that the new guy not only hasn't filled out the bio in his profile(we don't even know if he's jump qualified or a leg) and made an official intro as he is supposed to do(and as he has been requested to do once already), but he is digging up dead topics from years ago? Delta6 hasn't even logged onto the site in almost four years. At this point all we know is that we have a tread head who can't follow the posted rules but wants to come onto an Airborne site and participate in the discussions.
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