How much fuel does a M1A1 abrams tank use an hour?

Answer 1

How much fuel does a car use per hour? It depends on speed, operating conditions, and fuel type. The Abrams can run on several types of fuel, but typicaly uses a half gallon per mile (it can get one gallon per mile, depending on engine temp., environment, etc.). It can go 70mph top speed (with govenor disabled) in which case the engine will likely overheat quickly. It typically travels at 40mph top speed, so one hour at 40 will use less than one fifth of its 504 gallon fuel tank. The max distance it can travel is about 250 miles on one tank, 8 gallons to start and little more than a half gallon per mile in desert operating conditions (heat and sand afflicting the engine).