#M1A1 driver

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U.S. Army Spc. Sean MacIntyre, an M1 armor crewman, M1A1 tank driver with Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-1 ABCT) operationally controlled by the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), shares why he is thankful for the opportunity to serve during this Thanksgiving holiday season in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Nov. 21, 2022. The 3-1 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1 ID, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Foster)

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Is it possible for the crew to sleep in a 'buttoned up' tank? How uncomfortable is it?

Yes. I’ve spent almost 3 days buttoned up in an M1a1. It sucks. Really sucks. Each position has its ups and downs. At the time, I was a lowly driver. Upside is it’s not too uncomfortable, but you can’t quite extend your legs all the way and that starts to really bother you. It’s also impossible to take a LA Dodgers Hawaiian Shirt wearing a flack jacket (some genius decided we needed to wear jackets w plates in the tank). The trick is to watch what you eat. All I brought w me was 3 of the big packs of Otis Spunkinmier White chocolate and macadamia cookies, and a bunch of wild tigers. Pissing is tough, you only get half in the bottle and the rest on yourself, but you get over it.

The guys in the turret can MLB LA Dodgers Hawaiian Shirt Dodgers Baseball Shirts Print pretty easily, and can shit in a ammo can with or without a trash bag or wag bag. The rest of the crew doesn’t appreciate when you have to shit, so better to hold it as long as possible, and then be careful when you do; you really don’t want to be the guys who splatters shit all over the turret.

The gunner’s seat is probably the best to sleep in, I used to have a trick to balance my MLB Baseball Tropical Floral 2024 LA Dodgers Hawaiian Shirt off the aux sight brow pad. The TC and the Loader probably have the worst sleeping conditions, but are the only ones who can stand and stretch; something that becomes really important after 16 hours or so.

All in all it’s just a miserable LA Dodgers Hawaiian Shirt Summer Gift For Friend. I heard the Army’s tanks have AC in them now, so it might be a little less miserable, but not much.

At least this guy has a breeze.

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1AD soldiers conduct Driver Familiarization Training on M1A1 Abrams Tanks

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USA 1991

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Australian Army M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Taken at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) during an open day. This tank is one of the few training vehicles. It is used primarily for mechanical training. Specifications Main armament: 120mm Smoothbore Cannon Secondaries: .50 cal (12.7mm) M2HB heavy machine gun 2x 7.62mm M240 Machine guns (one pintle-mount, other coaxial) Crew: Commander, Gunner, Driver, Loader (4)

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The Morocco Defense Market - Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2025 published on

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The Morocco Defense Market - Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2025

The Morocco Defense Market – Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2025

Summary

The Moroccoan Defense Market – Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2025 report provides the market size forecast and the projected Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for the next five years. The report covers the industry analysis including the key market drivers, emerging technology trends, and major challenges faced by market participants. It also offers insights regarding key factors and government programs that are expected to influence the demand for maritime and border security market over the forecast period.

This report offers detailed analysis of the Moroccoan defense market with market size forecasts covering the next five years. This report will also analyze factors that influence demand for the industry, key market trends, and challenges faced by industry participants.

In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following – – The Moroccoan defense industry market size and drivers: detailed analysis of the India’s defense industry during 2021-2025, including highlights of the demand drivers and growth stimulators for the industry. It also provides a snapshot of the country’s expenditure and modernization patterns – Budget allocation and key challenges: insights into procurement schedules formulated within the country and a breakdown of the defense budget with respect to capital expenditure and revenue expenditure. It also details the key challenges faced by defense market participants within the country – Import and Export Dynamics: analysis of prevalent trends in the country’s imports and exports over the last five years – Market opportunities:list of the top ten defense investment opportunities over the next 5 years – Competitive landscape and strategic insights: analysis of the competitive landscape of the Moroccoan defense industry.

Scope

– Between 2016 and 2020, Morocco’s defense expenditure increased from US$3.33 billion in 2016 to US$4.72 billion in 2020, registering a CAGR of 9.16%. – The defense budget is anticipated to increase from US$5.04 billion in 2021 to US$8.06 billion by 2025, registering a CAGR of 12.44%. – The rise in defense spending is mainly driven by the procurement of F-16 Fighting Falcons, Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems (SINCGARS) combat net radio, M1A1 tanks, electric submarines and patrol ships.

Reasons to Buy

– Determine prospective investment areas based on a detailed trend analysis of the Indian defense market over the next five years – Gain in-depth understanding about the underlying factors driving demand for different defense and internal security segments in the Indian market and identify the opportunities offered. – Strengthen your understanding of the market in terms of demand drivers, market trends, and the latest technological developments, among others – Identify the major threats that are driving the Indian defense market providing a clear picture about future opportunities that can be tapped, resulting in revenue expansion – Channelize resources by focusing on the ongoing programs that are being undertaken by the Indian government – Make correct business decisions based on in-depth analysis of the competitive landscape consisting of detailed profiles of the top defense equipment providers in the country. The company profiles also includes information about the key products, alliances, recent contract awarded, and financial analysis, wherever available

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Universal Motion Simulation Wins $21.4M Contract to Sustain Australian Army Boxer 8X8 Training Simulators

Universal Motion Simulation Wins $21.4M Contract to Sustain #AusArmy Boxer 8X8 Training Simulators. #BoxerCRV

Universal Motion Simulation Pty Ltd (UMS) has been awarded a $21.4 million support contract for the sustainment of training simulators for the Australian Army’s new Boxer 8X8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs).

In addition to supporting Boxer training, the simulators can be reconfigured to train Army drivers on other types of armoured vehicles including the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT)…

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China develops its own version of U.S. Marine Corps’ Assault Breacher Vehicle

Chinese state-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released footage of the new armoured vehicle designed to clear pathways for troops and other vehicles through minefields and along with roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices during amphibious landing operations.

The new armoured vehicle based on the tracked-chassis and equipped with a mine-plough and line charges. Also, the new vehicle is fitted with a unique turret with two linear demolition charge systems and rocket launcher.

Chinese television did not provide details about the new project, only adding that system creates a tank-width cleared a lane through a minefield and improves the mobility and survivability of combat engineers while having the speed and ability to keep pace with the maneuver force.

Meanwhile, analysts quickly noted similarities between the new Chinese armoured vehicle and the U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams-chassis. U.S.-made vehicle that called the Assault Breacher Vehicle or ABV has similar technical characteristics.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is based on a modified M1A1 Abrams main battle tank chassis. The Breacher is fitted with two launchers for mine clearing line charges, mounted on the rear of the superstructure. These are rockets, carrying explosives up to 100-150 m forward, detonating mines, bombs or IEDs at a safe distance. In this way it makes safety lanes in the minefields for troops and armored vehicles.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is operated by a crew of two, including commander and driver. It has an option for remote control and can be operated from a distance without the crew.

M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle of Alpha Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. Photo by Spc. Matthew Williams

from Defence Blog

Chinese state-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released footage of the new armoured vehicle designed to clear pathways for troops and other vehicles through minefields and along with roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices during amphibious landing operations.

The new armoured vehicle based on the tracked-chassis and equipped with a mine-plough and line charges. Also, the new vehicle is fitted with a unique turret with two linear demolition charge systems and rocket launcher.

Chinese television did not provide details about the new project, only adding that system creates a tank-width cleared a lane through a minefield and improves the mobility and survivability of combat engineers while having the speed and ability to keep pace with the maneuver force.

Meanwhile, analysts quickly noted similarities between the new Chinese armoured vehicle and the U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams-chassis. U.S.-made vehicle that called the Assault Breacher Vehicle or ABV has similar technical characteristics.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is based on a modified M1A1 Abrams main battle tank chassis. The Breacher is fitted with two launchers for mine clearing line charges, mounted on the rear of the superstructure. These are rockets, carrying explosives up to 100-150 m forward, detonating mines, bombs or IEDs at a safe distance. In this way it makes safety lanes in the minefields for troops and armored vehicles.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is operated by a crew of two, including commander and driver. It has an option for remote control and can be operated from a distance without the crew.

M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle of Alpha Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. Photo by Spc. Matthew Williams

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Trucker, Army vet awarded specially-wrapped truck from Transport America

Trucker, Army vet awarded specially-wrapped truck from Transport America Transport America recently selected 20-year trucker and Army veteran Russ Cox as the driver of its first Armed Forces Fleet truck. Cox said he was proud to be selected to drive the truck, which has a custom, Army-themed truck wrap. Cox served for 11 years and was a tank crew member on an M1A1 tank. Source: OverDrive

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3/63 Armor Veteran (STUMP) 1987-1990 Kitzingen Germany 19-kilo

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M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank

Manufacturer General Dynamics Land Systems

Service US Army, USMC

Engine 1500 HP Gas Turbine

Armament 120mm XM256 Smooth Bore Cannon; 7.62 M240 coaxial Machine gun; .50 cal M2 Machine gun

Maximum Speed 42 mph

Range 265 mi 

Crew 4

Approved for production in 1990, the M1A2 represents the U.S. Army’s technological improvement of the basic M1A1 design and the most modern battle tank in the world. Outwardly similar in appearance to the M1A1, the most notable exterior changes on the M1A2 are the redesigned Commander's Weapon Station (CWS) and the addition of a Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer) on the left side of the turret forward of the loader's hatch. Internally, however, the M1A2 has been radically redesigned to take advantage of newer technology.

Most notable of these improvements is the addition of the Inter-Vehicle Information System (IVIS.) The IVIS system allows for the automatic and continual exchange of information between vehicles. By incorporating information provided by an on board Position/Navigation (POSNAV) system, unit commander's can track the location and progress of subordinate elements automatically, without tasking vehicle crews. In addition enemy positions can be identified, plotted and disseminated, while reports and artillery requests can be automatically formatted, transmitted, and processed. Lastly, map graphic control measures and operational orders can be rapidly distributed via the IVIS system.

To ensure information security, all IVIS data transmissions are routed through the M1A2's SINCGARS radio system. Improving on the "hunter-killer" tank commander-gunner target hand off method pioneered on the German Leopard II, the M1A2 takes this a step further by providing the Tank Commander with an independent thermal sight. This CITV sight allows the commander to independently scan for targets in all weather conditions and through battlefield obscurants. In addition to IVIS and the CITV, the M1A2 incorporates a number of additional electronic upgrades. Power distribution throughout the tank has been improved, relying on multiple bus paths so that in the event one conduit is damaged, power may still be delivered to a component via an alternate path. The driver's instrument display has been upgraded to a more detailed digital display and the Gunner's Primary Sight has been stabilized in two axes for increased accuracy.

Approved for implementation in 1995, the M1A2 SEP (System Enhancement Package) is a technology upgrade and standardization program, whereby the Army's fleet of M1s and M1A2s will all be brought to a common standard. Most notable among the modifications will be the introduction of a standard under armor auxiliary power unit and the addition a crew compartment air conditioning and cooling unit.

Other modifications within the vehicle will include upgrades to the IVIS system (color display, full size keyboard, digital mapping and graphics generation capability, and voice recognition capabilities), upgrades to the Gunner's Primary Sight assembly, and improvement in the tank's intercom and radio communications systems. Production of the M1A2 was halted after the initial run of 627 vehicles. As part of the fleet upgrade program, 547 of the Army's current inventory of M1s are being upgraded to M1A2 SEP standards, which will require the complete remanufacturing of the turret, while the current fleet of M1A2s will undergo a retrofit to bring them up to SEP standards.

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19-Kilo

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C-Co. 3/63 Armor Kitzingen Germany

1987-1990 (Nickname; STUMP)

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From 1987-1990 this was home!

C. Co. 3/63 Armor M1A1 Tank Driver/Crewman.

19-Kilo as Fuck!

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China develops its own version of U.S. Marine Corps’ Assault Breacher Vehicle

Chinese state-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released footage of the new armoured vehicle designed to clear pathways for troops and other vehicles through minefields and along with roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices during amphibious landing operations.

The new armoured vehicle based on the tracked-chassis and equipped with a mine-plough and line charges. Also, the new vehicle is fitted with a unique turret with two linear demolition charge systems and rocket launcher.

Chinese television did not provide details about the new project, only adding that system creates a tank-width cleared a lane through a minefield and improves the mobility and survivability of combat engineers while having the speed and ability to keep pace with the maneuver force.

Meanwhile, analysts quickly noted similarities between the new Chinese armoured vehicle and the U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams-chassis. U.S.-made vehicle that called the Assault Breacher Vehicle or ABV has similar technical characteristics.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is based on a modified M1A1 Abrams main battle tank chassis. The Breacher is fitted with two launchers for mine clearing line charges, mounted on the rear of the superstructure. These are rockets, carrying explosives up to 100-150 m forward, detonating mines, bombs or IEDs at a safe distance. In this way it makes safety lanes in the minefields for troops and armored vehicles.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is operated by a crew of two, including commander and driver. It has an option for remote control and can be operated from a distance without the crew.

M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle of Alpha Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. Photo by Spc. Matthew Williams

from Defence Blog

Chinese state-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released footage of the new armoured vehicle designed to clear pathways for troops and other vehicles through minefields and along with roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices during amphibious landing operations.

The new armoured vehicle based on the tracked-chassis and equipped with a mine-plough and line charges. Also, the new vehicle is fitted with a unique turret with two linear demolition charge systems and rocket launcher.

Chinese television did not provide details about the new project, only adding that system creates a tank-width cleared a lane through a minefield and improves the mobility and survivability of combat engineers while having the speed and ability to keep pace with the maneuver force.

Meanwhile, analysts quickly noted similarities between the new Chinese armoured vehicle and the U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams-chassis. U.S.-made vehicle that called the Assault Breacher Vehicle or ABV has similar technical characteristics.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is based on a modified M1A1 Abrams main battle tank chassis. The Breacher is fitted with two launchers for mine clearing line charges, mounted on the rear of the superstructure. These are rockets, carrying explosives up to 100-150 m forward, detonating mines, bombs or IEDs at a safe distance. In this way it makes safety lanes in the minefields for troops and armored vehicles.

The Assault Breacher Vehicle is operated by a crew of two, including commander and driver. It has an option for remote control and can be operated from a distance without the crew.

M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle of Alpha Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. Photo by Spc. Matthew Williams

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