M1 A1 abrams

in 2024. Type Main battle tank Place of origin United States Service history In service 1980–present Used by See Operators below Wars Cold War Gulf War UNOSOM II Yugoslav Wars Operation Joint Endeavour Operation Joint Guard Kosovo War Task Force Hawk Operation Joint Guardian Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan Iraq War War in Iraq Arab Spring Egyptian Revolution of 2011 Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Production history Designer Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) Designed 1972–1976 Manufacturer Lima Army Tank Plant Unit cost M1A1: $4.3 million (domestic cost, FY1989) (~$10.66 million, FY2023)[1] M1A2 SEPv3: $24 million (export cost, FY2022)[2] Produced 1979–present No. built approx. 10,300 as of 2017[3] Variants See variants Specifications Mass M1: 60 short tons (54 t)[4] M1A1: 63 short tons (57 t)[4] M1A1 SA: 67.6 short tons (61.3 t) M1A2 SEPv2: 71.2 short tons (64.6 t) M1A2 SEPv3: 73.6 short tons (66.8 t)[5] Length Gun forward: 32.04 ft (9.77 m)[6] Hull length: 26.02 ft (7.93 m) Width 12 ft (3.66 m)[6] Height 8 ft (2.44 m)[6] Crew 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver) Elevation +20° / ?10°[4] Traverse 9 seconds/360 degrees[4] Armor Composite armor Main armament M1: 105 mm L/52 M68A1 rifled gun (55 rounds) M1A1+M1A2: 120 mm L/44 M256 smoothbore gun (40 rounds) Secondary armament 1 × 0.50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB heavy machine gun with 900 rounds 2 × 7.62 mm (.308 in) M240 machine guns with 10,400 rounds (1 pintle-mounted, 1 coaxial) Engine Honeywell AGT1500 multi-fuel turbine engine 1,500 shp (1,120 kW) Power/weight From 26.9 hp/t (20.05 kW/t) to 23.8 hp/t (17.74 kW/t) Transmission Allison DDA X-1100-3B Suspension High-hardness-steel torsion bars with rotary shock absorbers Ground clearance M1, M1A1: 0.48 m (1.6 ft; 19 in) M1A2: 0.43 m (1 ft 5 in) Fuel capacity 504.4 US gallons (1,909 L) Operational range M1A2, road: 265 mi (426 km) Cross country: