It’s simple.
M1A2 SEPv1 without TUSK(12.0)
SP cost of 100-130
M829A2
Weight of 62.2T
Max Speed 68km/h
Reload Speed 5.0s
1519 hp @ 3000 rpm
M1A2 base model(11.7)
SP cost of flat 100
M829A2
Weight of 62.2T
Max Speed 68km/h
Reload Speed 5.0s
1519 hp @ 3000 rpm
M1A1 HC without dozer blade(11.7)
SP cost of flat 100
M829A2
Weight of 61.2T
Max Speed 68km/h
Reload Speed 5.0s
1473 hp @ 3000 rpm
M1A1 AIM(11.7)
SP cost of flat 100
KE-W
Weight of 62.0T
Max Speed 68km/h
Reload Speed 5.0s
1519 hp @ 3000 rpm
Did you notice something?
These four tanks are nearly identical except for incremental changes.
M1A2 SEP has gen 2 thermals and TC sight.
M1A2 has TC sight.
M1A1 HC has IRCM and no TC sight.
M1A1 AIM has gen 2 thermals and no TC sight.
All of them have the same reload, armor, hull, gun. Three of the four have the same M829A2 round. Two of them have gen 2 thermals. Three of the four have the same engine power. Two have TC sights. One has IRCM. Three of the four are 11.7. These are the differences between them, and they do not change much.
You can spawn four of the SAME TANK if you want. Assuming you generate SP in some way of course. This is essentially three back-up vehicles for free. Literally no other nation except Great Britain and Italy has this set of similar vehicles and the tech tree utility to back it up. Japan could if they had a good SPAA, but there’s no reason to play higher than 11.3 until they do since the Type 90s and TKX(P) are all basically the same, they just have the fun of clubbing premiums.
Your US line-up can have four Abrams and all of them will perform identically. No need for light tanks to fill out your line, no need for lesser MBTs. Just four of the same Abrams with top tier quality.
No other top nation has this power while keeping it economical, which is the key here. Yes Germany, Sweden, France, and China have multiples of their best 12.0, but that’s the thing, they’re all 12.0. In a downtier they all cost extra. For the US, the only thing that’s going to cost extra is the M1A2 SEP but instead of that second spawn costing 270, it’s only going to cost 200. That’s an entire SPAA you can spawn with that saved SP.
Just don’t think you can substitute the Click-Bait into the HC, the horsepower on the CB is significantly lower. But if you want, why not? Add a fifth Abrams to your line up, if you’re doing well you can have a fifth Abrams spawn and your enemies will be like “WHEN DOES IT END?”
So yeah US line-ups are seriously buffed. In a normal match with normal SP gain, you’ll be able to spawn three Abrams, ADATS and your choice of whatever other SPAA you want which is a lot more than what US teams used to be able to do.
Prologue:
Where the US tech tree once was struggling with respawns, no longer. Before the ADATS was changed to SPAA, US teams had to struggle with the choice of spawning another tank or spawning their ADATS, since by the third death your ADATS cost between 300-360 SP to spawn. Compare that to the Pantsir or other SPAAs classified SAMs that only cost 90 SP flat the whole game. It lead to US teams not having enough spawned tanks to fight off the more numerous opponents, or not enough SPAA to fight off the enemy air attacks. Don’t get me started on premium players bumping those numbers down further.
In any case, I recommend running the M1A2 SEP without TUSK, M1A2 as they’re 99% identical, M1A1 HC as it’s just an M1A2 without TC sights, your choice of a light tank/AIM/LAV-AD, the ADATS, a helicopter if you want, the F16C or F15C to get to that juicy 12.7 BR to keep premiums out of your lobbies and boost your odds further, and your choice of a strike aircraft since they do not share SP costs with fighter jets. If you have more slots, add another Abrams or light tank. As for light tank choices, the HSTV-L brings a lot of utility. The M1128 also works but you could just bring the IPM1 if you want a glass cannon.
So yea, go nuts, drown your opponents in Abrams.
