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From: x35147d3@usma8.usma.edu (Bergman Charles CDT)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: M1 Tanks
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Date: 15 Dec 90 01:48:08 GMT
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From: x35147d3@usma8.usma.edu (Bergman Charles CDT)


Isn't there another version of the M1A1 that was not included in the previous
list.

I understood that after the initial production run of M1A1s, there was a later
update to the M1A1 with even heavier armor called the M1A1 Heavy.

This armor was the all new high density depleted uranium armor placed on the
front slabs of the turret and on the front of the hull. Isn't this the armor
that greatly increased the weight of the tank?

TO CLOSE WITH AND DESTROY THE ENEMY FORCES USING FIRE, MANEUVER, AND SHOCK
EFFECT!

That's the ARMOR, the Mounted Combat Arm of Decision!


Charles K. Bergman
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