Ua ʻike mua ʻo Sergeant Scott Stewart i ka ʻenemi ma ka hema o Baghdad i ka lā 3 o Mei, 2005: "Tanks!" ʻO kahi pūʻulu nui o nā kaʻa kaua - me kahi hōʻailona Iraqi, akā 'hana ʻia ma' Russia - neʻe aku iā lākou ma ke ʻano like. Ua hoʻopilikia ʻia kēlā lā e ke kaua maoli a hiki i ka make ma waena o ka M1A1 Abrams a me ka T-72, ko lākou nemesis mau loa. I loko o kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻaneʻane -46 mika, hiki iā lākou ke honi i ko lākou naʻau i waho - ua kikeke nā kī a me nā hōkū i ʻehiku o ko lākou mau hoa ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana. ʻAʻohe hoʻololi, ʻaʻohe kulu. I kēlā lā, ʻike maopopo ʻia ʻo ia ka pahu make loa o ka honua, he leo ʻAmelika kona.
I kēia lā, i ka wā e paʻa mau ai i kēlā kūlana no nā poʻe akamai he nui - me kāna mau ʻano holomua, ʻae-, no ka mea, hiki koke i nā anuhe o ka M1A1 Abrams ke kau wāwae i ka Ukraine i luku ʻia e ke kaua. He mamao loa ka hiki, ʻaʻohe mea kānalua, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o Kelemania e ʻae wale ia i ka lawe ʻana aku i kāna Leopard inā hana like ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me kāna mau hana o ʻeono miliona euros. ʻO ka Hale Keʻokeʻo, no kāna ʻaoʻao, ke kūʻē nei lākou e hele i ka loko. Hoʻomaka ka pāʻani politika.
Nā pilikia a me nā holomua o ka pahu pahu Abrams
Ma ka lā 24 o Pepeluali, 1991, hoʻopuka ʻo ABC i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i ka bapetizo ʻana o ka M1 Abrams pakele; Aia ka moku kaua i kēia lā ma ka laina mua o ke kaua ma hope o ka ulu ʻana i ka hohonu a hiki i ʻekolu manawa - nā mana M1, M1A1 a me M1A2–. "Ua hiki mai ka manawa helu no ka 'hōkū' o nā pūʻali koa US Army. ʻO kēia kumu hoʻohālike hou e kū nei i ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana no ka manawa mua i ka hakakā maoli ʻo ia ka waiwai o ka miliona a me ka hapa kālā ", wehewehe ʻo Javier de Mazarrasa. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke Kaua Kaiwa, kahi i hakakā ai kahi hui UN me Iraq.
I kēlā manawa, ua hala mua nā Abrams i ka umu no kahi kokoke i ʻumi makahiki. Ua hānau ʻia ka papahana i nā makahiki kanahiku e pani i ka M-60 Patton i hala mua; ʻO ka mea like a ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i makemake ai e hāʻawi iā Sepania i ka wā i nānā ai ko mākou ʻāina i ka mākeke no ka ʻimi ʻana a hopu ʻia kahi pahu kūʻai kūpono. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻomaka ka M1 ma ka wāwae hewa. No nā mahina, ua hoʻohuli ʻia kona manaʻo ʻenehana a me kāna kumukūʻai i ka Congress. ʻOiai kēia, i Iune 1973 "ua noi ka US Army iā Chrysler a me General Motors e kūkulu i nā prototypes o ka papahana hou, ka 'XM1'". Ma hope o ke kaʻina hana hoʻolālā lōʻihi, ua hoʻomaka nā hoʻokolohua ma 1978. A ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma ke kumu nui i ʻike ʻia nā hemahema he nui i loko o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoluʻu o ka turbine a me nā mea holo.
Ua hele ka M1A1 holomua i kahi dune ma Iraq, ma 2003 AGENCIES
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kekahi mau pōpoki; ʻaʻole nui nā mea ʻē aʻe. Akā ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i ʻole e hoʻolōʻihi i nā pae mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana. ʻO ka M1 Abrams mua i'ōwiliʻia ma waho o ka laina hui ma Fepeluali 1980, a he 2.373'ē aʻe i ukali a hiki i ka makahiki 1985. "ʻO ke kaʻa, heʻoiaʻiʻo, he hōʻike o kaʻenehana kiʻekiʻe loa. I kēia manawa, ke kali nei nā mea a pau e ʻike i kāna pane ʻana, "i hoʻohui ai ʻo ABC. ka olelo a ke Akua. I ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopau i nā pahu ʻē aʻe ma kahi mamao ma mua o 2.500 mika, kahi mea maʻamau no kona manawa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i nā moku Iraqi a me Soviet, a lākou i kū ai i ka Operation Desert Storm, hiki ke hoʻokokoke aku ma mua o 2.000 mika i mea e hoʻopōʻino ai.
make ke ku e
Ma nā mea kaua wale nō e lilo ia i mea lawe puka. ʻO ka mana M1A1, ʻaʻole i ʻike hou ʻia i kēlā manawa, hele mai me kahi pūkuniahi 256/120-milimeter M-46; kekahi o na moku kaua ikaika loa. ʻO ka pu kaua "ua pau ka uranium hard core kinetic energy sub-armor armor i hiki ke hou i 350mm. o ke kapa kila”. Ma ke ʻano he hui pū, ua kau ʻo ia i ʻelua mau pū mīkini 7,62 mm a me hoʻokahi 12,70 mm hou aʻe.
ʻO nā pale e like me ka hahau ʻana. ʻO kāna mau hiʻohiʻona nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana. ʻO ia hoʻi, waiho ʻia he mau kenimika ma waena o ka pahu a me ka pale ponoʻī; kahi mea maikaʻi loa e pale aku i ka hopena pōʻino o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana. ʻO kekahi o nā mana hou loa, ʻo ka M1A2 SEP V2, loaʻa iā Arat reactive armor ('Abrams Reactive Armor Tile'). Pahū ia i ka wā e pā ai ka pūpū i ka pale kaua, e hōʻemi ana i kona hopena. Eia kekahi, hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia ma nā papa hoʻololi i hiki i nā tankers ke hoʻoponopono hou iā ia ma hope o ke komo ʻana i ke kaua. Loaʻa i nā Abrams nā mea hoʻolele uahi e alakaʻi hewa i ka ʻenemi, kahi mea maʻamau i nā kaʻa kaua hou.
ʻO ka mea maopopo, he mea lili ʻia kāna hana mua. Kākoʻo ka ʻikepili i ka Abrams. I ke Kaua Kaiwa, 1.848 M1A1 i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, a o kēia mau mea, he 23 wale nō i make. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui o nā pahu kaʻa i luku ʻia: ʻeiwa wale nō, ʻehiku o lākou i ke ahi aloha a ʻelua hou aʻe i lele ʻia e ko lākou mau ʻauwaʻa ponoʻī e pale aku iā lākou mai ka hāʻule ʻana i nā lima ʻenemi.
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ʻO ka laulā kūpono o ka hiki ʻana o 2.500 mika
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pale kaua reactive
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120mm pū
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Nā pū mīkini hope: 7,62 mm a me 12,7 mm
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Loaʻa iā ia nā mea hoʻolele uahi e alakaʻi hewa i ka ʻenemi
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Ma ka lawelawe ʻana mai ka makahiki 1980
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Ua komo ʻo ia i nā kaua ʻo Gulf, Iraq a me Afghanistan
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Hana ʻia ma USA e General Dynamics
I loko o ka hakakā, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Soviet T-55 a me T-62, ka iwi kuamoʻo o nā ʻāpana mechanized Russian. ʻOiai ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa i loaʻa iā lākou, ʻo ia ko lākou pae kūpono: 2.500 mika no 2.000 o ko lākou mau ʻenemi. ʻO ia ka mea i lilo ai lākou i moeʻuhane no ka Red Army. I kēia lā, ʻo ia nō kekahi o nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻekolu o nā hanauna maikaʻi loa.
