“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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