Russia winning Global South, trumping West with ‘memory diplomacy’ This upgrade eases the strain on logistics chains, as the M1 Abrams’ gas turbine engine is known to be fuel-hungry, maintenance-intensive and loud.

These capabilities significantly increase the tank’s situational awareness, a significant handicap for armored fighting vehicles.Ī separate article in The Warzone notes that the AbramsX sports a hybrid diesel-electric powertrain with the same range as the M1A2 Abrams but with 50% less fuel consumption. Moreover, augmented reality could allow the crew to “look through” the tank’s hull and digitally highlight objects of interest in their surroundings. The tank also appears to have an advanced sensor suite for the driver that could feed into the DAS architecture to provide a 360-degree video feed. Photos released by GDLS show turret slots for countermeasure grenades, active protection systems and distributed aperture camera systems (DAS).

The source also notes that the AbramsX features an unmanned turret and an autoloader, which decreases crew size from four to three, increases survivability, frees up turret space for future upgrades and reduces vehicle weight. Its main armament is a 120mm smoothbore gun derived from the XM360 120mm cannon of the canceled Future Combat Systems (FCS) vehicle. The tank sports a highly-revised turret with multiple electro-optical sights and a remote weapon station with a 30mm chain gun. The Warzone reported that General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) revealed its anticipated AbramsX MBT prototype, which marks a deep modernization of the long-serving M1 Abrams tank that has been in service since the 1980s. The US has unveiled its new AbramsX Main Battle Tank (MBT) and Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) light tank, both purposely designed for expeditionary operations vis-a-vis China in Asia and Russia in Europe.

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