Hello, I would like to ask about the American tanks M1A1 and M1A2. I am currently researching the M1A2, and it seems that there isn’t a significant difference between the M1 and M2. The hull and turret armor appear to be the same, and the only difference I’ve noticed is the APFSDS rounds they use. The M1 is equipped with the M829A1, which has a maximum armor penetration of 598mm, while the M2 uses the newer M829A2 with 629mm of penetration. Are there any other differences I might have missed?
Similarly, there doesn’t seem to be much difference between the M1A2, M1A2 SEP, and M1A2 SEP V2. The main differences appears to be the additional TUSK and ARAT side armor, which provide extra protection against HEATFS rounds.
M1A2 also has better turret armor than M1A1
Both SEPs also have better thermals.
different coeficents in NERA.
hmm interesting, I was checking factual info in “armor”
M1A1:
- Same armor as IPM1, 400mm @ 60° frontal arc for the turret KE (Kinetic Energy), 375mm for the front hull.
M1A1 HC:
- Turret armor improved, 600mm @ 60° frontal arc (KE).
- Niche APS (Active Protection System) that defeats certain ATGM types.
- Dozer blade.
- Weight increased, slower acceleration as a result.
- Gains M829A2 ammunition.
Click-Bait: Essentially a M1A1 HC without dozer.
M1A1 AIM: Essentially M1A1 HC but trades penetration for better thermal quality.
M1A2:
- Essentially M1A1 HC without dozer and APS but gains CITV (Commander’s Independent Thermal Viewer).
M1A2 SEP:
- Essentially M1A2 but with superior thermal image quality.
- Researchable ARAT (Abrams Reactive Armor Tile)
M1A2 SEP v2:
And for fun, the SEP v3 is on the leak list:
M1A2 SEP v3:
- NEA (Next Evolutionary Armor) (or whatever they’re calling it these days) that substantially improved both turret and hull armor packages.
- Increase in weight, 66.7 tons as standard, pushing 74 tons with additional protection packages and Trophy APS.
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would there be ever TUSK buff?
Not without concrete evidence of ARAT being better than gaijin’s estimates.
Which is unlikely to be released to the public in the next few decades.
When you really look at it there is no real diversity between m1a1HC through M1a2sepv2. They are all essentially the same tank with the same armor and rounds and side gimmicks that make the tank worse (TUSK 2).
Potentially it also includes M829A4, which can apparently deal with 3rd gen ERA.
The M829A4 armor-piercing, 120 mm line-of-sight kinetic
energy cartridge was fielded in 2014. It is the materiel
solution for the Abrams’ lethality capability gap against
threat vehicles equipped with third-generation explosive
reactive armor.
And M1147 AMP that would serve as HE(DP)-F ( variable / delay fuse + HEAT + Fragmentation jacket), similar to 3OF26 for the 2A46 and variants, with additional fusing options.
I mean Northrop Grumman them self’s state m829a4 can defeat 3rd gen era
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I purposely left out ammo options because that’s completely up to Gaijin.
To be fair, there’s plenty of example of that happening in other tech trees.
Challenger 2, Chally 2 (2F), Chally 2 TES, Black Night and Chally 3 TD offer 95% identical playstyles.
Back before the 2A7V, the 2 PSO, 2A5 and 2A6 offered 95% identical playstyles.
T-90M offered less than the T-80BVM and is basically a glorified T-72B3.
Top-tier is stale, imbalanced, infested by premium spamming newbies and Gaijin could’ve done so much more with it…
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I should add that the M1A2,compared to the HC,loses 4 smoke grenades (all Abrams except the M1A1 HC have 12 smoke grenades)
The only way relikt is defeating an anti era tipped modern round is at long distances.
