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Declassified U.S. Army footage of a Live Fire testing of the Ammunition Storage Blowout Panels on a M1A1 tank (probably Block II Prototype), very likely at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Ballistic Research Laboratory. September 22, 1986. This test simulates a combat scenario where the tank armor gets defeated by enemy projectiles and by consequence the ammunition on the tank gets ignited. As seen in the interior view, the blow out panels and ammunition compartment access doors worked like intended, re

Footage of a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew from U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, conducting a Field Training Exercise in Iraq, 2010. No one was hurt or injured when this footage was taken. These are targets set up down range. Video Courtesy of Sam Goshorn Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO-Xf1UpZok | M1 Abrams

The M1A1 Abrams Has Dominated Tank Warfare for More Than 35 Years