M1A2 (M256E1) - The Forgotten L/55 Armed Abrams

I haven’t been able to find any images on it either, just the XM291-armed variants (120mm/140mm) and a powerpoint image.

Edit: If no images can be found of the vehicle, it may be easier to convert the suggestion the M1A2 140mm variant (the images in the suggestion) or the M1A1 120mm variant (seen below).

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If I can’t find images of the M256E1 armed Abrams, I’ll just used the General Dynamics render of it. Should be more or less accurate to reality.

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Suggestion has been updated, likely to a temporary state. I’ll keep looking for more info albeit passively.

There is no images of the M256E1 armed Abrams.

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M1A2 Abrams with 120mm L55 M256E1 smoothbore gun during trials in 1999 ...

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Some extra pictures from the program. I’m still not certain if the gun in the picture above Yontzee posted is the M256E1 or not, but there’s another picture of the same vehicle regardless.

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Had a feeling I’d see these here after the Reddit post popped up in my feed

Even though it’s not the M256E1 prototype, it’s still nice that we now have a third photo of the XM291 vehicle.

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Agreed, OP said that photo and the other one were in the same file for the M256E1 upgun program, and wasn’t sure of which gun it was, but I think the general consensus is that it’s the XM291.

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+1 as a dreams come true event

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Suggestion passed to the developers for consideration.

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