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M1A2 is the more advanced model.
That information is classified.
The cost is around 4 million.
During the Vietnam War, US Patton tanks were about $100,000 apiece, and M551 Sheridans were about $300,000 apiece.The current U.S. main battle tank is the M1A2 Abrams and has a unit cost of approximately $6.21M.
M1a2 stats: 125mm smoothbore cannon,1500 hp and manual loader
M1A2 Abrams. 68 tons of steel.
1st m1 abrams(us) or m1a1,m1a2. m1a3 is still being worked on 2nd leapord(german) 3rd Type 99G (china) 4th challager2 tank (united kingdom) 5th merkava tank (israel) 6th K1A1 Type 88 ( south korea) 7th Type 90 (japan) 8th Leclerc (france) 9th tiger tank (german) 10th T-90 (russia)
M1A2 and M1A1 Abrams. There MIGHT still be some M60A3 tanks in use with the National Guard.
120mm rounds of all types fired from a smooth bore cannon.
DU mesh armor is used on most modern main battle tanks such as the US M1A2 Abrams, British Challenger 2, and German Leopard 2 (A4-A7). DU has been rumored to have been recently used in new armor piercing rounds, but they are largely unconfirmed.
In February 2001, GDLS were contracted to supply 240 M1A2 tanks with a system enhancement package (SEP) by 2004. The M1A2 SEP contains an embedded version of the US Army's Force XXI command and control architecture; new Raytheon commander's independent thermal viewer (CITV) with second-generation thermal imager; commander's display for digital colour terrain maps; DRS Techologies second-generation GEN II TIS thermal imaging gunner's sight with increased range; driver's integrated display and thermal management system. further details can be found at www.army-technology.com/projects/abrams
120mm smoothbore tank ammo, 12.7x99 (.50 BMG), and 7.62x51.