M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual by Bruce O Newsome

M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual by Bruce O Newsome

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Summary

The US Army's 68-ton M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank entered service in 1980 when it was deployed extensively in the stand-offs of the Cold War.

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M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual by Bruce O Newsome

The American M1 Abrams main battle tank is a revolutionary design: it broke an evolutionary development lineage from the M20 medium tank of 1941 to the M60 (which it replaced, and which stayed in production until 1987). 



The M1 remains the only main battle tank in the inventories of the US Army and the US Marine Corps, with years of service to come, while no replacement has been procured. It is believed that the M1 will easily serve for more than 50 years in the US alone.



The US retains about 6,000 M1s, while almost 2,000 are in use with the armies of other countries including Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

Bruce Newsome, PhD, is Assistant Teaching Professor of International Relations at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously he consulted to the US Army on weapon acquisitions, force structure, training, and logistics, while employed by the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. He went on to teach at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, where he passed the AFV Design courses. He first served on M1 Abrams tanks in the Pennsylvania National Guard. He now volunteers in the Tank Museum’s archives and workshops.

Greg Walton served with the US Army on the M60, and on the M1 Abrams in the Gulf War. Now with the FBI, Greg has been involved in counter-terrorism work in Afghanistan and more recently with the FBI's SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics Teams).

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ISBN 13 9781785210990
ISBN 10 1785210998
Title M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual
Author Bruce O Newsome
Series Haynes Manuals Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Haynes Publishing Group
Year published 2017-06-08
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.