America's New Tank is Legitimately Insane

The United States Army’s Next Generation M1-E3 Abrams Tank has a long list of new capabilities that will bring the American military new firepower. Produced in Ohio at the lima plant it will now including: an autoloader, new main gun; new turret; hypersonic gun launched missiles that maneuver in mid air; the ability to pair with robots; masking capabilities to reduce thermal and electromagnetic signatures. AI systems that detect incoming fire and prioritize return fire. Hybrid electric drive; Reduction of crew from 4 to 3, reduction in weight from 75 tons to sub 60 tons.

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[dman]

Born too late to fight in an Abrams, born too early to fight in an Abrams, born just in time to fight in an Abrams

[woutyt]

13:05
* new hull, new turret,
- what shall we call it?
* M1

[DionikesX]

It’s wild hear the Army only just now realized mud is a problem. The original M1 was designed to apply 11lbs/square inch…which is specifically less than a human foot. So if you could walk in the mud the tank wouldn’t get stuck. Then with each upgrade they added more and more weight and it lost that ability

[rayf]

You got to love how the Pentagon prioritized AI (something nobody really understands) over a basic air-conditioner (something everybody wanted). Maybe they’ll build a hover tank next instead of figuring out the autoloader.

[lacrewpandora]

A few thoughts from an ex-tanker.

- While there are advantages to a 3 man crew, perhaps a 4th man to watch the skies is more important than ever. Not in combat operations, but merely going down a road, etc.

- If the optionally manned turret keeps the gunner in the hull, he loses his auxiliary sight, which might be all he has if the main sight gets hit. He likely also loses access to the charging handle for the coax, if there's a stoppage.

- I hope the optionally manned turret means the TC can ride up top except for when under fire. The situational awareness from up top cannot be easily replaced with periscopes and cameras

- I think the 30mm upgrade is a huge step forward. For whatever reason, the Bradley has been much more successful in Ukraine, and I attribute a lot of that to the its 25mm and its rapid rate of fire.

- I think the weight reduction is a great move

- IMHO any active protection system should be modular and "bolt on" so it can be easily upgraded as drone capabilities change.

[scopeguy]

It's 1973 and the Army is fighting in Abrams, it's 2002 and the Army is fighting in Abrams,
It's 2024 and the Army is fighting in Abrams.

[GhostoftheSnow]

Gotta love it when America builds stuff based off of “hey what if on the off chance our enemies have something better than us, let’s make some dope ass shit”

[Zerachael]

As a former tanker, I will take a caffine fueled adrenaline charged human loader over any malfunction prone autoloader any day. If the autoloader can't load in less than 4 seconds, it's useless.

[marioornot]

Lisa: poor predictable bart, always using Abrams tanks
Bart: good ol Abrams, nothing beats that!

[Meatball]

“Yeah it costs 24 Million dollars each, but nobody can get mad at you for buying it cuz now, you have a f**king tank!”😂😂😂

[martindice]

To those who keep banging on about the end of the MBT -
‘If you’re an infantryman fighting against an entrenched enemy ANY tank is better than no tank at all’
- The Chieftain.

[adamhodgson]

“Task and Purpose” videos are the only videos on these sort of topics that are really informative yet funny at the same time. The humour aspect of making videos is not easy. I have seen many channels on all sorts of topics and they are often either super informative OR funny, but hardly ever both. I really appreciate his sense of humour and the jokes he adds to the clips. Keep’m coming Cap! 👍🏻

[WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Dude, as someone who railheaded a LOT of armor in my time....that drop to 60 tons (before they add some fancy new cope cages and applique armor) is a massive worldwide mobility changer, as well as your combat wrecker crews breathing a sigh of relief in field recovery ops with their M88 Herc

[YummyMoney]

This should make my guard shift more bearable.

[SlinkyTWF]

I'm glad they are seriously looking at weight reduction. > 60 tons is a serious handicap if you're not fighting in a desert or a dry plain.

[wingedblaze]

New Abrams: Large amount of electronics and AI powered systems.

17 year old Chinese hacker with a laptop: “Hey guys watch this.”

[ScottySundown]

You had me rolling with: “But nobody can get mad at you for spending that money because now you have a fuckin tank” 😂😂

[doomedoptimism]

it still costs $24 million dollars, but no one can complain because now you have an F'n tank! That was pure gold!!!

[sethb]

Worrying about the T-14...So what you're saying is that we're about to repeat the whole "they have a Mig-25 Foxbat, we need to design the F-15" thing all over again.

[unknown-nj]

M1-E3 ABRAMS: *exists*

Gaza Khamas fighter with flipflop and homemade nade: Not anymore :3