Jun 12, 2024 · The Abrams turret armor basically doubled, and its shells became twice as potent - coming over from the M1 Abrams to the M1A2. No hull armor upgrades were done en masse until the SEP V3. Whatever sources you have that the M1A1 or any such older variant had additional hull armor are loosely written propaganda at best.

Jun 7, 2024 · Specifically, this message (Why does it seem the M1 abrams is extremely underwhelming? - #14 by Necrons31467) and your claims about the newer generations of DU only improving multi-hit capabilities. I think you quote the wrong guy to reply. I never made the claim thay newer generations of DU only improving multi-hit capabilities.

Jun 9, 2024 · The M1 Abrams and Leopard 2A4 are far, far, far superior than all of the 10.0s, and have some of the best stats for their BR. They have unprecedented gun handling and mobility, with good armor. They want to be unrivaled utterly instead of just being the best.

Oct 9, 2024 · This is really just an issue with apfsds in general, because other tanks will also receive buffs from this, while the abrams will definitely see the most benefit, I still think this will be a overall improvement for the game that claims to be “one of the most realistic tank and plane games.” First off, the abrams glacis (I may use ufp interchangeably) is 32.8mm at a 82.5* …

Jan 3, 2025 · Hey War Thunder team and fellow players, I want to bring up several important issues regarding the in-game representation of the M1 Abrams series, specifically the M1A1 HC, M1A2, M1A2 SEP, and M1A2 SEP v2. There are some notable inaccuracies in how the armor, spall liners, armor penetration mechanics, and turret ring vulnerabilities (including the shot …

Dec 22, 2023 · Licenses to work with depleted uranium in the hull of the M1 Abrams series of tanks may apply to those experimental vehicles, for example 5 vehicles located at the tank school. These documents do not describe whether there was depleted uranium in a particular modification of the tank. M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, Owners' Workshop Manual

Jun 10, 2024 · The regular M1 Abrams weighs 55.7 tons. The M1A1 gets a larger 120mm gun and a slight turret upgrade from ~390mm to ~450mm. At 57.2 tons. A 1.5 ton increase for a fairly substantial amount - even unrealistic, really. The M1A1 HC gets DU in the turret, increasing the 450mm effectiveness all the way up to 675mm at 61.2 tons.

Dec 22, 2023 · Every M1 abrams used by the U.S. Army starting with the M1A1 HA/HC should have 500-600mm hull front armor vs KE according to Mr. R.M. Ogorkiewicz, a noted international expert on tank development and author of over 400 articles and several books, even TACOM and TARDEC mentions him on their reports, but for Gaijin he’s not credible…

Feb 26, 2025 · Depleted uranium (DU) armor The M1A2, M1A2 SEP, and M1A2 SEPv2 (and certain variants of the M1A1 belonging to the Marine Corps when they used the Abrams tank) all should have DU armor in-game, as documented in various documents issued by the United States Department of Defense and found publicly available on the Defense Technical …

Jan 5, 2024 · Zaloga puts the hull at 600mm for M1A1HA, in M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural (ever subject of debate, since no one’s really sure where he got those estimates, and it’s telling his latest M1A2 book doesn’t include armor estimates at all) Michael Haskew’s estimate puts the hull at around 650mm KE in his Tanks book.