Re: M1A2 vs T-80U
Let's start all over again please, now with actually some people putting up an argument instead of blazing out their "our 1337 Abrams tanks pwnz the shi77y T80! BECUZ ITS AMERICAN!!!"
First of all the characteristics:
T80U vs M1A2
Crew: 3 vs 4
Weight: 46t vs 63t
Profile: 2.2m vs 2.5m
Main Gun: 2A26-M1 125mm Main Gun vs Deutsche Rheinmetal 120mm Main Gun
Machine Guns: 12,7 KVSK, 7,62 PKT vs 12,7 M2HB, 2x M240 7,62
Engine: GTD 1250 horse powered Gas Turbine engine vs. "Likoming" AGT 1500 horse powered engine
Range: 500km vs 420km
The Abrams was made with the T72 in mind, the American tank needed to counter the new Soviet machine. After field tests its British 105mm L7 (M68) gun proved to be ineffective against frontal armour of the Soviet T72 tank. That is how the M1A1 was born, the German Rheinmetal main gun which was used on the Leopard 2 tank. The M1A1 proved to be quite expensive especially with its new ballitic computer and other electronic appliances, probably too expensive to be produced in large numbers in a full scale war with the Soviet Union.
The M1A2 was developed after the Cold War was over and the need for a tank that could be easily mass produced in a large scale war was no longer needed. The M1A2 got a new ballistic computer new armour etc.
But that made it too heavy, it is not only some 17 tonnes heavier than the T80 but it is also more cumbersome. It has a great difficulty of negotiating rivers on pontoon bridges. It cannot swim under water unlike the T80.
The gas turbine engine of the M1A2 (which was copied from the T80's gas turbine engine) unlike its Soviet counterpart proved to be ineffective in desert enironments.
The Chobham armour of the M1A2 is not undefeatable as many of you think, in this Gulf War many M1A2's were disabled by RPG's, and some were destroyed by RPG's. Consequently one might think what damage would a 125mm T 80 round do to the armour of the M1A2. It would do great damage. When Germany was reunified, the Bundeswehr fired T72 rounds at their Leopard 2's which has Chobham armour and it proved to be ineffective in stopping 125mm Soviet rounds.
So my opinion is that the T80U is a better tank than the M1A2 because of the following reasons:
1. It is more mobile and agile than the M1A2, it is also faster.
2. It will outrange the M1A2 with a "Kobra" ATGM at the range of 5000km, the M1A2 would not hit anything up to the range of atleast 3000m.
3. It's engine is much more reliable than the M1A2.
4. It can negotiate rivers up to 5 meters deep while the Abrams can't.
5. It has a higher rate of fire because of the automatic loader, unlike the Abrams which doesnt even have a Rate of Fire because that depends on the loader and his training.
6. The T80 is cheaper and easier to mass produce.
7. The fire control systems of the T80 are more reliable in extreme cold and extreme hot environments.
8. The T80 has a further range.
9. The T80 has a sleeker profile making it a harder target to hit than the Abrams.
above you can see the profiles of a T80 compared to an Abrams.
The T80 is an all round better tank than the M1, in a full scale conventional war the T80 would wipe the floor with the Abrams.
Originally posted by BUFFB52
First of all the characteristics:
T80U vs M1A2
Crew: 3 vs 4
Weight: 46t vs 63t
Profile: 2.2m vs 2.5m
Main Gun: 2A26-M1 125mm Main Gun vs Deutsche Rheinmetal 120mm Main Gun
Machine Guns: 12,7 KVSK, 7,62 PKT vs 12,7 M2HB, 2x M240 7,62
Engine: GTD 1250 horse powered Gas Turbine engine vs. "Likoming" AGT 1500 horse powered engine
Range: 500km vs 420km
The Abrams was made with the T72 in mind, the American tank needed to counter the new Soviet machine. After field tests its British 105mm L7 (M68) gun proved to be ineffective against frontal armour of the Soviet T72 tank. That is how the M1A1 was born, the German Rheinmetal main gun which was used on the Leopard 2 tank. The M1A1 proved to be quite expensive especially with its new ballitic computer and other electronic appliances, probably too expensive to be produced in large numbers in a full scale war with the Soviet Union.
The M1A2 was developed after the Cold War was over and the need for a tank that could be easily mass produced in a large scale war was no longer needed. The M1A2 got a new ballistic computer new armour etc.
But that made it too heavy, it is not only some 17 tonnes heavier than the T80 but it is also more cumbersome. It has a great difficulty of negotiating rivers on pontoon bridges. It cannot swim under water unlike the T80.
The gas turbine engine of the M1A2 (which was copied from the T80's gas turbine engine) unlike its Soviet counterpart proved to be ineffective in desert enironments.
The Chobham armour of the M1A2 is not undefeatable as many of you think, in this Gulf War many M1A2's were disabled by RPG's, and some were destroyed by RPG's. Consequently one might think what damage would a 125mm T 80 round do to the armour of the M1A2. It would do great damage. When Germany was reunified, the Bundeswehr fired T72 rounds at their Leopard 2's which has Chobham armour and it proved to be ineffective in stopping 125mm Soviet rounds.
So my opinion is that the T80U is a better tank than the M1A2 because of the following reasons:
1. It is more mobile and agile than the M1A2, it is also faster.
2. It will outrange the M1A2 with a "Kobra" ATGM at the range of 5000km, the M1A2 would not hit anything up to the range of atleast 3000m.
3. It's engine is much more reliable than the M1A2.
4. It can negotiate rivers up to 5 meters deep while the Abrams can't.
5. It has a higher rate of fire because of the automatic loader, unlike the Abrams which doesnt even have a Rate of Fire because that depends on the loader and his training.
6. The T80 is cheaper and easier to mass produce.
7. The fire control systems of the T80 are more reliable in extreme cold and extreme hot environments.
8. The T80 has a further range.
9. The T80 has a sleeker profile making it a harder target to hit than the Abrams.
above you can see the profiles of a T80 compared to an Abrams.
The T80 is an all round better tank than the M1, in a full scale conventional war the T80 would wipe the floor with the Abrams.
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