America's Main Battle Tank: M1 Abrams | Animated History

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- The M68 105mm Gun is rifled, not Smoothbore. This was a script error that wasn't corrected.
-The M1A1 began receiving DU armor in either October or May 1988, not 1987.
- The Leopard 2 was powered by a Twin Turbo V12, not a V6.
- We incorrectly used the Chinese Flag instead of our Soviet Flag for the T-72 lecture slide.

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Judson, Jen. “US Army Scraps Abrams Tank Upgrade, Unveils New Modernization Plan.” Defense News, September 7, 2023. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2023....

Nikolov, Boyko. “M1A1 Abrams Tank Was Spotted Near Kupiansk Front Contact Line.” Bulgarian Military Industry Review, November 26, 2023. https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/11....

Nikolov, Boyko. “US M1 Abrams Is Already ‘involved in Hostilities’ in Avdiivka.” Bulgarian Military Industry Review, February 5, 2024. https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/02....

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