Rare Trains in Berea/Northfield OH:CSX Geo, Tank,+ NS Special!

While on my last week of vacation in Ohio, i caught some pretty interesting trains, i caught a CSX Geometry train, Tank load, a very short local and part of the NS business train special at a horse track in Northfield Ohio. Thanks For Watching!

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[Celeon999A]

Thats a M1 Abrams chassis with a new turret. Propably one of the testbeds for the M1A3 upgrade project

The gun is longer but that is definitely not a bigger caliber

Length, and look of the gun's muzzle fit the L55 gun of the Leopard 2, which would be the obvious choice for the M1A3 anyway.

Its 1.30 meters longer than the Abrams M256 (L44 clone) and has significantly higher muzzle velocity.

The changed turret suggests lots of changes on the interior, maybe the installation of an autoloader ?

[Anlushac11]

That is the Advanced Tank Cannon System demonstrator vehicle which was built in late 1980's to test the XM291 140mm main gun as part of the M1 Component Advanced Technology Test Bed (CATTB). Basically a new turret with millimeter wavelength radar, autoloader, and 140mm gun on a standard M1 Abrams hull. Maybe it was being moved for more testing? Looks to have been recently upgraded?

[indiantrains]

Fantastic capture.........

[johnnyrckt]

lol funny all the M1A3 prototype comments. It's the old M1A1. Not an A2 because it doesn't have the armor upgrades and electronic equipment upgrades. Far from an M1A3 vause well...It would still have the upgrades from the A2 if not better this tank is bare bones M1A1.

[TheAnak74]

m1a3 prototype ? but it looks like leopard2a6

[MetalGearArmA]

pt5: .From Tranche 2 onwards it has become common practice to fit twin double-lined 80 US gallon capacity auxillary fuel and water drums attached by jettisonable racks to the rear hull. The drums’ position provides a narrow corridor with just enough clearance for a Merkava-style rear clamshell ramp door to deploy. The drums are small arms resistant, and have been found to provide some measure of protection to a debussing crew.

[MetalGearArmA]

pt4: A standard three colour ‘Warm Temperate’ camouflage is applied to the hull, turret and main gun thermal sleeve, the non-reflective infra-red absorbant paint breaking up the pattern of the tank in both thermal and visual spectrums. Rubber dust and anti-radar skirts (not shown) can also be fitted to hide the radar-reflective road wheels and reduce visual signatures from kicked up dust.

[MetalGearArmA]

pt3: ......Also prominent is the licensed-built CQ-29/E mast-deployed countermunition launcher that forms part of the Ground Vehicle Dynamic Protection System. The self-protection armanent consists a .50 cal M3M Heavy Machine Gun mounted on a remote weapon station between the commander and gunners primary sights and the abovementioned internal mortar

[MetalGearArmA]

secret tank pt2: Shown is an example of the current Tranche 4 production model of the Etoile Arcture Ground Forces in battle order, notable by the flat deck and long wedge-shaped appearance of the composite armour arrays, and the electro-optic sensor on an elevating arm which when folded sits alongside a hidden 60 mm under armour mortar in the turret.

[MetalGearArmA]

and another secret tank: M35A2 Cataphract main battle tank in original Tranche 1 configuration (c.1998) armed with the US XM36 smoothbore cannon. In Etoilian service it is known simply as “the Cat” by tankers and maintainers. The etymology of kataphraktoi literally translates as Greek for "armoured", and describes heavily armoured cavalry that dominated the battlefields of Europe and Asia Minor from Antiquity into the High Middle Ages

[MetalGearArmA]

this tank in these picture the chinese copycated a tank looks like AMX-56 Leclerc & Leopard 2A6 and it called FOURTH GENERATION TYPE-99KM TANK EXPOSURE

but these tank in these video his original name is XM1A3 but they change it to M1A3