“I was an armor officer for 10 years,” says Cogan. ![]() The speed came from a 1500-horsepower jet turbine engine that burned jet fuel instead of diesel, muffling the engine’s roar. And instead of firing conventional artillery rounds, the Abrams’ cannon hurled an armor-piercing dart that traveled a mile a second and decimated enemy tanks with one shot.įor its size and firepower, the M1A1 Abrams was also surprisingly fast and quiet. ![]() Its 120-mm main gun was gyro stabilized to aim true while charging over bumpy terrain at 45 mph. ![]() Measuring 32 feet long and weighing 68 tons, the Abrams tank deployed in the Gulf War was designed to take a direct hit from the biggest and baddest Iraqi tank and shrug it off.
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