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1) There seems to be just a "little" confusion about the armor protection tables I submitted from the armorsite.com website concerning the ABRAMS and later in Post #227 for the LEOPARD 2A4/5&6, T-80UM and T-90/90S. The tables for the ABRAMS and LEOPARDS only take into consideration STEEL armor (RHAe) it does not consider any added composite armor applications i.e. DU for the ABRAMS. I have found general parity between the ABRAMS and LEOPARDS is RHAe as those tanks have developed (And I'm not surprised by this.). Please read the note within the box under those RHAe values as they clearly support my above comments.
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Not entirely sure about that Pat, for sure Russian takes into account the ERA as its part of the armor package.
I would have thought though the RHAe given for the second ABRAMS included DU.
If not the turret benefited from DU plus 200 RHAe of composite armor.
Further down just above armor levels for M1A2 SEP it says
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The M1A2 SEP also has an improved armor package, which includes third generation steel encased depleted uranium armor, which makes it one of the best protected main battle tanks in the world.
The chart below shows the estimated protection levels:
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One thing that looks a bit strange is the turret HEAT protection for the LEO
KE Hull - Turret 600 - 900 approx.
HEAT Hull - Turret 750 - 1800 approx.
So 50% more KE protection yields 150% more HEAT protection.
The sharp slope must be very effective at defeating HEAT.
Turret is