I was wondering why I hadn't seen anything recently concerning the
M1A2C (
SEP 3) except for
electronic issues and of course
TROPHY.
We already know (Or should know.) that the
M1A2C has and overall improved armor over the
M1A2 SEP 2.
Well according to the next (And whatever else I can find in the time I have before work.) is that the USA has decided within the last couple of months to add
STEEL plated armor to the turret.
The result is this will be the
heaviest ABRAMS to serve the Army. It apparently will add tons of weight to the tank affecting turret operations. As the article implies this will require a new
turret motor.
For now,
I highly recommend, we leave this alone.
What I now know, and as a reminder this article isn't even 2 weeks old, we'll need a date change of at
least a year possibly two by my estimation, a fairly
substantial STEEL turret revision and possible look at the ammo as this tank
will be at present the only one currently able to fire the new kinetic round that was designed for it.
I'm sure it just won't be just "
plain old" steel plates. I suspect these plates will be manufactured to the specs of what's already used on the tank and acting as a "
second skin" if you will.
Ever changing and always a headache! As one of my CO's used as his mantra "
Change is a constant."
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...2c-tank-117576
https://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-i...n-battle-tank/
(This last is dated.)
Regards,
Pat
