![]() ![]() Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian government, shared a short clip of the 60-year-old main battle tanks (MBTs) lined up on railway cars. Western deliveries of Leopard 2s could help equip Ukraine with needed high-caliber munitions to replace its own dwindling Soviet-era stockpiles, opening a new avenue for supplies of Western firepower to get to. The tank has outlived several efforts to replace it, gaining upgrades like a larger, more powerful 120-millimeter gun a layer of depleted uranium armor a digital command and control system and a separate “hunter-killer” thermal imaging viewer for the tank commander. Last month, a video showing vintage T-62 tanks loaded on train cars bound for Ukraine went viral online. In addition to Main Battle Tanks, or MBTs, like the Leopard 2, others include infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers. ![]() The M1 Abrams main battle tank-a clean-sheet design equipped with a 105-millimeter main gun, Chobham composite armor, and gas turbine engine-debuted in 1981 as the most advanced tank of its kind. originally designed the M1 tank to fight Soviet and Polish forces on the battlefields of Western Europe. The purchase is a pretty remarkable turnaround of events, considering the U.S. The tanks will arm Polish Army units guarding against incursions by the Russian Army. Poland will purchase 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 main battle tanks from the U.S., replacing older tanks dating back to the Cold War. Ironically, the M1 Abrams was originally designed to fight Poland when the country was a member of the Warsaw Pact.The M1A2 SEPv3 is the latest version of the M1 series of tanks that first entered service in 1981.Poland has announced it will purchase M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tanks from the U.S. ![]()
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