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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • The US is planning for a new tank roundabout 2030. While right now it notionally is going to be an Abrams derivative

    Are you referring to the M10 Booker or the M1E3? The M10 is it’s own design, while the M1E3 (which should become the M1A3 on adoption) is a refresh of the Abrams, and it’s not an either/or.

    If you look up The Chieftain on Youtube, he’s speculating the M1E3 will focus on integrating all of the add-on modules that have become standardized of the past couple of decades. This will likely reduce the weight of the tank from a whopping 72 tons to make it possible to address future threats while keeping the overall weight low enough to cross bridges.

    Some people are speculating that the M1E3 will get an auto-loader, but the couple of tons those weigh is significantly more than a hyperactive 18yo, so we’ll see how that works out