M1A2 ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK TOUR
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Through the 1960s the US Army and German Army had collaborated on a single design that would replace both the M60 Patton and the Leopard 1. The overall goal was to have a single new design with improved firepower to handle new Soviet tanks like the T-62, while providing improved protection against the T-62's new 115 mm smooth-bore gun and especially high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds.
The resulting design, the MBT-70, incorporated new technologies across the board. A hydropneumatics suspension provided excellent cross-country ride quality and also allowed the entire tank to be raised or lowered by the driver, with the lowest position placing the top of the tank only 6 feet (1.8 m) off the ground. New 1,500 hp-class engines powered the designs which could both reach 43 miles per hour (69 km/h), 50% faster than the T-62. Finally, two new guns were introduced, a US 152 mm design whose primary long-range weapon was the Shillelagh missile, while the Germans introduced a new 120 mm smoothbore design.
While the design was highly capable, its weight continued to grow, as did its budget. By 1969, the unit cost stood at five times the original estimates. In August 1969 the Senate halted funding of the program until the Government Accounting Office could undertake an audit of the program.

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Credits/Acknowledgements:
• COVER/THUMBNAIL: Business Insider
• AUDIO/WALLPAPER: Wikipedia.com
• VISUALS: Defense Flash News

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