The M1A2 SEP has 150m of armor added to it's glasis, it has 450m of armor on the turret and hull. With TUSK it's a bad boy who's momma is out to lunch.
The M1A2 SEP has stopped multiple RPG rounds.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...round/m1a2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1A2_Abrams
I'm not going to sit here and droll out all this info, we know specs, we are allies? Why on God's green earth are we squabling over this......again?
Both tanks have something very in common. The Chally was born from the MBT-60 program and the M1 from the MBT-70, both joint ventues in which the Germans helped. So basically samething different additions and requirments.