Currently serving my 15th year of a 20 year sentence with the US Army. Born raised in California left in 1992 to do the Army thing. Stationed in Germany/FT Hood/Johnston Island/FT Jackson/Korea/FT Stewart/deployed to Bosnia/Kuwait and Iraq. My home station is Ft Hood, Tx and I own a house in Columbia,SC where I spend most of my off time hanging with my buddies cruising doing car stuff and just hanging out. Ramping up for another deployment to the desert...more mod money!

I enjoy spending my money to go fast. I have a great girlfriend whom I love and cherish as she induldges my habits.

I hang out on
www.carolinarides.com
www.corvetteforum.com
www.planetlsx.com

Key Data~
Crew:4 (driver, commander, gunner, loader)
Dimensions~
Length With Gun Forward: 387in
Turret Height: 93.5in
Width: 144in
Weight: 69.54t
Ground Clearance: 19in
Ground Pressure 15.4psi
Performance~
Maximum Governed Speed 42mph
Cross Country Speed 30mph
Speed, 10% Slope 17mph
Speed, 60% slope 4.1mph
Acceleration: 0mph to 20mph in 7.2 seconds
Range: 265 miles cruising
Manoeuvrability~
Vertical Obstacle Crossing: 42in
Trench: 9ft

Armament~
Main Armament: 120mm smooth bore cannon, M256
Coaxial Weapon:7.62mm machine gun, M240
Loader's Weapon:7.62mm machine gun, M240, on skate mount
Commander's Weapon:0.5-calibre machine gun, M2, on powered rotary platform
NBC Protection: 200 SCFM, clean cooled air
Power
Propulsion~
Gas turbine engine, 1,500hp
Transmission~
Hydrokinetic transmission (4 forward gear, 2 reverse gears)
Power-to-Weight Ratio: 21.6hp/t

DEPLETED URANIUM ARMOUR
The M1A1 tank incorporates steel-encased depleted uranium armour. Armour bulkheads separate the crew compartment from the fuel tanks.

The top panels of the tank are designed to blow outwards in the event of penetration by a HEAT projectile. The tank is protected against Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare.

One L8A1 six-barrelled smoke grenade discharger is fitted on each side of the turret. A smoke screen can also be laid by an engine-operated system.

In August 2006, General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded a contract to produce 505 Tank Urban Survivability Kits (TUSK) for the US Army Abrams tanks. TUSK includes add-on reactive armour tiles, a Loader's Armour Gun Shield (LAGS), a Tank Infantry Phone (TIP), remote thermal sight and BAE Systems thermal Drivers Rear-View Camera (DRVC). TUSK is scheduled to enter service on M1A1/M1A2 tanks in late 2007.