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| Subject: | Re: Question about Abrams |  |
| Date: | Apr 8, 2003 |
| From: | Neil Whiteley-Bolton | |
Peter, you wrote:
> The Challengers mount Chobham add-on armor on the front and side skirts. Chobham is the heavy armor that is super-resistant to HEAT warheads.
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> The M1 only has Chobham on the turret face and hull, just like the Challengers. The M1 sideskirts are just plain steel.
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> The M1A1 weighs 65 tons (M1A2 69 tons) but TIME said a fully-armored Challenger 2 with Chobham skirts weighs 100 tons. The Challenger 2 without Chobham weighs around 67 tons. Yes, Chobham is that heavy and expensive.
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The Challenger side skirts and nose armour add only a few tons (less
than 5) to the total weight of the vehicle. |
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 | Question about Abrams - tim white - Apr 7, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Question about Abrams - Christophe Jacquemont - Apr 7, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Question about Abrams - Peter Ong - Apr 8, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Plus... - David Nickels - Apr 8, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Plus... - Captain Swoop - Apr 8, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Plus... - John Harris - Apr 11, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Plus... - Captain Swoop - Apr 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . M1 Side skirts - Scott Dimmick - Apr 8, 2003 |
| . . . . . . 100 Tons?!? - Scott Taylor - Apr 8, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: 100 Tons?!? - tim white - Apr 8, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Question about Abrams - Neil Whiteley-Bolton - Apr 8, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . I said what TIME said... - Peter Ong - Apr 9, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Question about Abrams - Captain Swoop - Apr 8, 2003 |
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