United States of America (1984-2000) Main Battle Tank – 890 Built The Improved Performance M1, often referred to as IPM1 or M1IP, was a stopgap before the introduction of the M1A1 upgraded standard. It was intended to implement some of the features being added on the M1E1 prototype and rush it into a production Abrams […]
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M1 Abrams
United States of America (1978) Main Battle Tank – 9,000 Built The American iconic MBT The M1 Abrams eclipsed for the last thirty years all past MBTs to date, including the M48/M60 series. It represented a definitive change in US tank design since World War 2 and was engineered with the crew protection in mind, […]
United States of America (1979-1985) Main Battle Tank – 14 Built Following the failure of the MBT-70/KPz-70 joint project, the need for a new tank for West Germany and the USA (amongst others) had not gone away. One of the main points of value for those projects was the interchangeability of parts and, even after […]
Republic of El Salvador (1976) AFV – 23 Converted Following the invasion of Honduras by El Salvador in July 1969, the nation was placed under a strict arms embargo which lasted until 1979. Many weapons were still obtained during this time, including heavy mortars (UMB-59 120mm heavy mortars) as well as anti-aircraft guns (triple barrelled […]
United States of America (1972-1982) Research Vehicle – 1 Built This science-fiction sounding vehicle was a real project from 1973 by the Stevens Institute of Technology to create a new type of Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) capable of significantly improved cross-country abilities by using the novel means of articulation and force-feedback control. Such ideas have […]
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M113A1/2E HOTROD
United States of America (1978-1980) Armored Personnel Carrier – 1 Built By the late 1970s, there was an emerging belief that armor may have had its day. New anti-tank weapons borne by helicopters, infantry, and a new generation of anti-tank missiles, as well as Soviet tank armament, made the US consider if armor was worth […]
United States of America (2008) Combat Engineer Vehicle – Estimated 239 Built The Assault Breacher Vehicle or ‘ABV’ is (as of 2018) the United States’ latest Combat Engineering Vehicle or ‘CEV’. It is built on the hull of the US Military’s currently serving Main Battle Tank (MBT), the M1 Abrams. CEVs were a concept made […]
United States of America (1996) Mine Detection & Clearing Vehicles – 6 of Each Built The most dangerous part of operating a mine-clearing vehicle, is operating a mine-clearing vehicle. Even protected inside an armored vehicle, the crew of such a vehicle could be severely injured or killed when operating in an area heavily saturated with […]
Prototypes & Projects Click here to partake! Spain was left in ruins following a devastating civil war between 1936 and 1939. Generalissimo Francisco Franco had emerged victorious from the conflict thanks, in no small measure, to German and Italian support, military, and otherwise. The quasi fascist regime had itself supported Germany and Italy in a […]
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MB-3 Tamoyo 3
Federative Republic of Brazil (1987-1991) Main Battle Tank – 1 Built Already from the start of the Tamoyo project for the Brazilian Army, there were requirements for a new tank which was to be armed with a 105 mm or 120 mm gun. As the Tamoyo project progressed, a split seemed to form, as the […]