Well with due respect, this answer might be a
good news/bad news situation.
The
USA has been using
DU Armor since
1988 which pretty much covers the operational period of the
M1A1. That's the "
good news"!
The bad "
bad news" possibly, is that your
USMC (And I hope to you know who, this doesn't apply to the
USA M1A1 MBT's) MBT's armor ratings might be under valued as compared to their Army versions.
The term
MIA1 SA is applied as the M1A1
Situational
Awareness and that's where that comes in.
The
export versions of all models of the
ABRAMS DO NOT come with
DU armor. Though by example IRAQ got the improved
M1A1 SA as well.
It's why the Iraqis had such a hard time killing ours, which he mentions with the stats which I believe was
18 damaged from all reasons and
9 of those were beyond repair.
I also posted about the
USA training with the
M1A1 SA just up the road from me at
Ft. Stewart, Ga. around Mar/Apr timeframe this past year.
This ref. as I've posted often and pointed when it shows up elsewhere is still considered "
the go" to ref. for
ABRAMS. And it isn't bad for the rest it covers as well. It's well done and well researched which is why it's in my favorites.
http://id3486.securedata.net/fprado/...ite/abrams.htm
(Look under M1A1 "PROTECTION" section.)
https://www.army.mil/article/17811/a...lt_at_anniston
https://www.businessinsider.com/army...s-tanks-2018-4
https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/201...6151522947894/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2EdlLYV6qs
https://www.armyrecognition.com/unit...res_video.html
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/new...m-more-lethal/
(Last sounds like
FEP to me.)
Regards,
Pat
Postscript: Seeing stuff saying the
FEP is the
top tier tank for the
USMC now.
But just happened upon this which about
4 or 5 paras down discusses the differences between the
USA and
USMC tanks such as the USMC tanks are built with a "
deep fording" capability. Could come in handy when "
hitting the beach" I would think.
https://www.army.mil/article/1699/ar...o_marine_corps
Anyway I'm beat now and my "
bonus" night home won't be wasted, so I'm off to the rack!
Good Night or Good Morning!!
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