The REAL M1 Abrams! Chapter 2: Mobility (Part 3/4)

Now that we've seen how heavy the M1 is in Part 2, let's see how it's size affects it's Mobility.

While we're at it, what about it's Deployability? And what about fuel consumption and range? You know --- all the stuff the US military DOESN'T like to brag about!

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[CMDRFandragon]

Whats the tune used at the start of this vid? It sounds cool lol. This is an amusing read.

[BlacktailDefense]

@CMDRFandragon That's the title screen theme from Unreal Tournament.

[MingGuoLi]

Jet fuel is a good thing if it's military grade. JP-5 doesn't burn easily, at least not as easily as diesel.

[BlacktailDefense]

@MingGuoLi Let's hope that's true then, because the M1 carries 505 gallons of it.

[52111centrumcz]

@SpecialKLSX

These are Skoda locomotives: cs(.)wikipedia(.)org/wiki/Loko­motiva_751

Sorry no english pages for it. They have due to their reliability have only undergone oil changes and replacement of leaking fuel and pressure lines. The guy next to me is a former engineer of the CD railroad, and he served on one locomotive - he said maintanance(as in overhaul) was done only three times on the thing before it was retired in its 60 year lifetime.

[SpecialKLSX]

@52111centrumcz That's a Train riding on smooth tracks, not a tank going overland. Also. Unlike a Tank, Trains get proper routine maintenance, and can go with a little neglect for a long time. Military vehicles need to be overbuilt like they are because of the idiots that they train to use them every day, letalone the abuse they would endure in severe conditions during combat.

I'm not saying it's a bad idea I'm just worried about longevity in combat.

[52111centrumcz]

@SpecialKLSX

Oh hybrid powertrain is going to bite you in the ass...well I don't know but the railroad company that works near me has 29 diesel-electric locomotives that are 35 years old and they are going strong...

[BlacktailDefense]

@52111centrumcz

@BitnikGr

Those are pretty solid points; Diesels have a simpler interface that Gas Turbines, and the average amount of time required to hop the powerpack varies widely within Diesels alone.

It goes to show that the notion that "Gas Tubines can be changed faster" is at best a HUGE oversimplification.

[52111centrumcz]

@52111centrumcz

A diesel requires only a couple of inputs: therefore a fuel line and a communication line to bring commands along a wire, and a connection to a gearbox/ or a connection to the driveshafts if the powerpack incorporates the gearbox. I would say diesels are either the same, or more easily replaced then jets.

[BitnikGr]

@52111centrumcz Well, like it seems, we can't generally say that diesels are more easily replaced than gas-turbines or vice versa. Since, there are diesels which requires almost 2.5 hours in order to be replaced by crew, and there are diesels which requires only 1hour (Leclerc Europack).

Probably same could be applied to gas-turbines as well.

[52111centrumcz]

@BitnikGr

Diesel engine powerpacks on the L2 can be replaced with hand tools and a 2-ton crane in 30 minutes.

[52111centrumcz]

@BlacktailDefense

I am not so sure. You are eliminating one of the most expensive and difficult parts to build on a tank, the differential gearbox! with suficient battery power, you can use a smaller engine cranking out DC power.