abrams

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), attach a .50 caliber machine gun to the top of an M1A1 Abrams tank before a range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines performed their pre-combat inspections before firing the...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion 1st Marine Division (Forward), work with a bore laser to find the center of the M1A1 Abrams tank gun’s barrel during a battlefield zero range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines aligned their sights and...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), fires the main cannon of an M1A1 Abrams tank during a range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines fired multiple rounds to align their sights and prepare their tanks for...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), fires the main cannon of an M1A1 Abrams tank during a range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines are the first tank unit to deploy to Afghanistan., Cpl. Ned Johnson, 1/13/2011

Okay, I've heard alot of claims from Russian fanboys and American fanboys and experts both claiming their countries tank is better than the other. I personally think the Abrams is the best tank in the world mainly because the crews are some of the most well trained (15 weeks minimal from...

just had a few questions in regards to the abrams tank, i have searched a fair bit but cant find definate answers. The questions are related to the australian army abrams, m1a1 i believe. Can anyone in the know please help? 1: Are they airconditioned? if not, how hot would it get in the...

USMC M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. Marine Air Ground Task Force demonstration at air show, October 2007 - MCAS Miramar.

Spc. Dredatis Cook, from 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade, tightens the bolts on a generator for an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank in the regiment's motor pool in Baghdad, Iraq. US Army

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 185th Armor Regiment, 81st Infantry Brigade, I Corps, in their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, lead Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division in their Bradley Fighting Vehicles, in an effort to beef up security in Mosul, Iraq. US Army

A Soldier prepares to fire a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on an M1A1 Abrams tank after receiving enemy fire from anti-Coalition forces in Baghdad, Iraq. Soldiers, members of other services and Coalition allies are defeating insurgents during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Soldiers in their M1A1 Abrams tank patrol a street in Baghdad, Iraq. The Soldiers are assigned to 1st Armored Division's Company A, Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense. US Army

An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, returns to Logistic Support Base Anaconda, Iraq, after a successful mission. US Army

Soldiers kick up sand with their M1A1 Abrams tank as they head off to conduct an early-morning search for illegal weapons northeast of Falluja, Iraq. The troopers are assigned to Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, prepare for a live-fire exercise with M1A1 Abrams tanks and M2A2 Bradley fighting vehicles at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex on March 19.

Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division move swiftly into their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks for a mission to Baqubah, Iraq. US Army Picture

Soldiers in an M1A1 Abrams tank patrol through Baghdad, Iraq. The Armored troopers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense.

Soldiers from the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, guard an intersection in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq with their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during Operation Duluiyah Sunrise - US Army.

Soldiers aboard an M1A1 Abrams tank conduct a search for improvised explosive devices in Mukayishiaf, Iraq. The Soldiers are assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Armored units are playing a vital...

A burning tank on its transporter truck.