The M1 was armed with the license-built version of the 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 gun. Production at the government-owned, GDLS-operated Lima Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio, was joined by vehicles built at the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant in Warren, Michigan from 1982 to 1996.
In March 1982, General Dynamics Land Systems Division (GDLS) purchased Chrysler Defense, after Chrysler built over 1,000 M1s.ģ,273 M1 Abrams were produced 1979-85 and first entered US Army service in 1980. The turbine-powered Chrysler Defense design was selected for development as the M1 Chrysler had significant experience designing turbine-powered land vehicles going back to the 1950s. Prototypes were delivered in 1976 by Chrysler Defense and General Motors armed with the license-built version of the 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 gun along with a Leopard 2 for comparison. This succeeded only in producing an expensive system with capabilities similar to the M60.Ĭongress canceled the MBT-70 in November and XM803 December 1971, and redistributed the funds to the new XM815, later renamed the XM1 Abrams after General Creighton Abrams. As a result of the imminent failure of this project, the U.S.
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The MBT-70 had advanced features such as a height-adjustable pneumatic suspension and a turret design that allowed the driver to always face the direction of travel, but ultimately proved to be too heavy, complex, and expensive. The first attempt to replace the aging M60 tank was the MBT-70, developed in partnership with West Germany in the 1960s.
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