GTP Alternative Cool Wall: 1980-present M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

1980-present M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

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Roger the Horse

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Nominated by @The Bman
1980 - Present M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

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Designed by: Chrysler Defense
Operators: United States, Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
Cost per unit: $8.58 Million
Units manufactured: 9,000+
Weight: 60 short tons (54 long tons; 54 t)
Length: 32.04 ft. (9.77 m)
Width: 12 ft. (3.66 m)
Height: 8 ft. (2.44 m)

Armor: Burlington composite armor
Main Armament: 105 mm L/52 M68 rifled gun (55 rounds)
Engine: Honeywell AGT1500C multi-fuel turbine engine
Horsepower/weight: From 26.9 hp/t (20.05 kW/t) to 23.8 hp/t (17.74 kW/t)
Top speed: 45 MPH (72 km/h) on road, 30 MPH (48 km/h) off-road.​
 
Massive. Fast. Powerful. Nearly indestructible armor.

Sub-zero.
 
Cool but not as cool as the Challenger 2.
 
I don't know whether I should vote meh or seriously uncool.
 
Makes big boom.

Sub Zero.
 
Sub Zero.
 
It's not a Tiger, so meh.
 
Tanks.. m'eh.

Side topic... long tons and short tons? It's like having Cubic Inches all over again!
 
Since there's such a variety of different stuff coming up ere, it's up to the nominator to provide stats. In future I may leave a note requesting that nominations be in SI units.
 
As a strong proponent of gas turbine technology, any land vehicle with a gas turbine is granted sub zero status for me. Let alone the Rheinmetall derived M256 smooth bore cannon, sophisticated targeting systems, and absurdly tough armor.
 
This is a proof that you can go wrong with a tank, if you choose wrong one.
 
Sub-Zero. One of the world's best MBTs, nothing else needed to say. Would be nice to see one competing with a T-90 at tank biathlon. :cool:

Also, the OP contains outdated armanent - the modern versions (M1A1 and later) are armed with a 120mm Rheinmetall smooth bore cannon.
 
It's cool. Not Jagdpanther cool, but still cool.
 
All I saw was the word "turbine." Cool for that alone.
 
The GTP Alternative Military cool wall.

Also: cliche tank is cliche. Despite that, still iconically a cool machine.
 
Meh, American.

Where's all the "omg weapons meant to kill is seriously uncool guise" posts?
 
Sub Zero. Reason? I served in the U.S. Marine Corps 2000-2004 and they helped keep me alive in Iraq. Hope that's a good enough explanation for you lol
 
@Blood Eagle. In that case, your reasoning was perfectly valid. (When it comes to matters as subjective as aesthetics, just about any reasoning is enough to validate an opinion, mind.)
 
Cool. Why? It's a mother:censored:ing tank.
 
Abrams, you need a diet. ;)
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No matter what it does, no matter what kind of tank, no matter how controversial a war it plays a massive part in, any tank will get sub-zero. Ask any random stranger if they think a tank is cool, even if they say no, they mean yes.
 
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