M1 Abrams
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The M1A2 Abrams is a Main Battle Tank used by both the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, as well as Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Australia and is in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and briefly in Modern Warfare 2.
The M1 Abrams is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armoured Regiment. Entering service in 1980, M1 was originally armed with an M68A1 105MM rifled tank gun, but has since been upgraded to a 120MM M256A1 Smooth bore gun. It also carries a .50 Caliber M2 Machine-Gun on the commanders hatch up front, as well as an M240 in a coaxial mount and another M240 on a skate mount on the loaders hatch. It is powered by a Honeywell 1500 AGT1500 Horse Power Gas Turbine and a Allison X-1100-3B Hydro-kinetic Automatic transmission, making it capable of speeds of up to 45MPH on flat roads, 30 Cross Country. The M1A2 features a ballistic fire-control computer, allowing the Abrams to fire while on the move and disable a target from over 2000 meters away with a single shell. The composite armour of the M1A1 was strong enough to shrug off frontal assaults from Russian/Iraqi made 125MM Tank Guns and is capable of resisting RPG-7 warheads from the front and sides, though it is vulnerable from the rear and top. It was also strong enough to have, on at least one occasion, nearly flipped by a large IED, land on its treads and remain mobile with a traversing turret.
The M1 Abrams' first combat action was during Operation Desert Storm by both Kuwaiti and American units. During this time, the M1 (specifically the M1A1) gained fame after much publicized victories against Iraqi T-55, T-62 and T-72 tanks. The Abrams has also seen combat in the 2003 War in Iraq as well, largely against insurgent fighters.
[edit] In-Game
| M1 Abrams cannon | |
| Damage |
30-1000 |
| Range |
2000m |
| Used by | |
| Clear | |
The first sighting is during Charlie Don't Surf after clearing the first floor of the TV station. A marine comments "Yeah, there goes our boys!" and several M1s pass outside. The next one is during The Bog where players must break through the enemy lines to reach the Abrams tank War Pig and defend it. The next is during War Pig where players must escort the tank to safety. Here the M1A1 can be seen destroying both buildings and insurgents and, at the last minute, fires a round which penetrates the wall destroying a T-72. The last sighting is during Shock and Awe where M1A2 Abrams tanks were on the ground during the push to the capital of the Middle Eastern country supporting Marine Infantry units against OpFor armour and infantry. Their fate following the destruction of the capital is unknown, as they are not seen being destroyed neither are they seen retreating from the city. The Abrams is identified over the radio and on the cut scenes as an M1A2 but is portrayed as a M1A1. The reason for this is unknown but visually it can be distinguished as an M1A1 due to the lack of the new commander's periscope fitted only to the M1A2 models
The Abrams is seen in Modern Warfare 2 in "Of Their Own Accord". And briefly appear in the final levels.
[edit] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized
The Abrams will be a usable vehicle in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized. You can switch between the tank's main cannon and the 50. Cal machine gun via the touch screen.
. The Abrams tank in use in Modern Warfare: Mobilized |
 The button for the main cannon |
 The button for the machine gun |
 The tank's radar |
[edit] Trivia
- At the end of War Pig, after the T-72 is destroyed and you must head for the LZ, you can jump onto the front of the tank and then on to its turret.
- In MW2 the Abrams is a reused and slightly modified model of the Abrams in CoD 4, it differs only in the lack of the "War Pig" emblem on the fume extractor.
- Since the M1 is a reused model in MW2, it is still of the M1A1 variant that is operated by the USMC. The US Army will likley upgrade all of their M1A1s to A2s by 2016, the setting of MW2. In Afghanistan, it is likley that they would be using the TUSK package, a set of upgrades to enhance the tank's effectivness and survivorbility in urban warfare.
| Vehicles of Call of Duty 4 | ||
| USMC/SAS | M1 Abrams · AH-1W Super Cobra · CH-46 Sea Knight· UH-60 Black Hawk · AV-8 Harrier· AC-130H Spectre | |
| Ultranationalists/OpFor | T-72 · Mi-24 · Mi-28 · BMP-2· Mi-8· BM-21· MiG-29 · Ural-4320 · UAZ-469 | |
| Loyalists | Mi-28· Mi-8 | |
| Vehicles of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | ||
| TF 141/Rangers | AH-64 Apache · AH-1W Super Cobra · MQ-1 Predator · CH-46 Sea Knight· UH-60 Black Hawk · AC-130H Spectre· Humvee · Stryker · M1 Abrams · M2A2 Bradley · Zodiac · MH-53 Pave Low · Little Bird · AV-8 Harrier · M104 Wolverine · F-15 Eagle · B-2 Spirit | |
| Ultranationalists/OpFor | T-72 · Mi-24 · Mi-28 · MiG-29 · BTR-80 · BMP-2 · Mi-8 · Snowmobile · Ural-4320 · UAZ-469 | |
| Militia | Technical | |
