yeah, thats what i was talking about lol
imo, abrams is a logistical tradeoff since it does eat up more fuel, but you dont really have to worry about what kind of fuel. itll run on marine fuel, jet fuel, or just gas (unlike the 93 octane car)
We know the Perkins CV-12 can push upwards of 1500hp, as was tested during the MBT-80 Program.
But it severally reduced its Reliability… SO possibly?
But a Big V12 Diesel and a Turbine engine are on basically opposite ends of the spectrum.
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No it wasnt. MBT-80 never got past ATR-2 which was fitted with CV12 rated at 1200. It was planned to have 1500 originally in CV16 but then they realised CV12 could be uprated to give 1500 and CV16 was cancelled. Neither the 1500hp or the GT versions were ever built before MBT-80 was cancelled.
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