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The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American 🇺🇸 main 👿 battle 💥 tank 👃 designed 😋 by Chrysler Defense 🛡 (now General 💂 Dynamics 💯 Land 🛬 Systems).[9] Conceived 🍑 for modern 🕸 armored 👕👖 ground 😫 warfare 🔫 and now one ☝ of the heaviest 💯 tanks ⛽ in service 📣 at nearly 👣 68 short 🚸 tons 🐘 (almost 💸 62 🙋 metric 😍💦 tons 🐋), it introduced 💁🙋 several 💯 innovative 💩 features 🧬, including 🙌 a multifuel turbine ✈ engine 🚒, sophisticated 📖🎓😍 Chobham composite armor 💪, a computer 💻💾 fire 🔥 control 🎮 system ☄, separate ↔ ammunition storage 🏬 in a blow-out compartment, and NBC protection 🍆 for crew 👬 safety 👷🏻🛑. Initial 💰 models 👧 of the M1 were armed 💪🔫 with a licensed-produced 105 👉 mm 🥴🤤 Royal 👑 Ordnance L7 gun 🔫, while later 👋 variants ⚗ feature 🧠 a licensed Rheinmetall 120 ❤🌻 mm 💥 L/44. The M1 Abrams was developed 🚀 from the failure ❌ of the MBT-70 project 👷 to replace 😰😞 the obsolescent M60 Patton. There are three 3️⃣ main 👿 operational Abrams versions ℹ, the M1, M1A1, and M1A2, with each new 🆕 iteration ⤵ seeing 👀 improvements ⬆ in armament 💦💪😍, protection 🛡, and electronics 📺. Efforts 😩😧 to develop 👩‍💻 an M1A3 version 📼 were first 🥇 publicly 🍆😞💦 disclosed in 2009.[10][needs update 🚨] Extensive 👆 improvements 💕 have been implemented 🔧 to the latest ⏰🌃⏱ M1A2C and D (formerly designated M1A2 System ☄ Enhancement 📈 Package 📦 version 📼 3 ⭕ℹ🕘 or SEPv3 and M1A2 SEPv4, respectively 😁🤤) versions ℹ such as improved ✔ composite armor 💪, better 👍 optics, digital 👧🏿 systems 🗺 and ammunition.[11] The Abrams was due 💢 to be replaced 🚷 by the Future 📅 Combat 👊 Systems 🗺 XM1202 but 🍑 due 🙈 to its cancellation ❌, the U.S 👨. military 👨🏼‍✈️ has opted to continue ⏩ maintaining 🐃🌞🚶🏽 and operating 🤖 the M1 series 🎬 for the foreseeable future 📅 by upgrading 💯📱📲 with improved 💸 optics, armor 💪 and firepower.

The M1 Abrams entered 🆕 service 🛎 in 1980 and currently ⌚ serves 💁 as the main 🅱 battle ⚔ tank 🚂 of the United 🇺🇸 States 📔 Army 🎖 and Marine 🌊 Corps 👮. The export 📸 version 📼 is used 🎶 by the armies 🎖 of Egypt 🇪🇬, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Saudi 🇦🇮 Arabia 🇦🇺, Australia 🇦🇺, and Iraq 🇮🇶. The Abrams was first 👆 used 🎶 in combat 🔫 in the Persian 😯 Gulf War ⚔💣🔫 and has seen 👀 combat 🔫 in both the War ⚔ in Afghanistan 🇷🇺💂🇦🇫 and Iraq 🇮🇶 War 🌟⚔ under 😀 U.S 👨. service 📣, while Iraqi Abrams tanks ⛽ have seen 👀 action 🎭 in the war 💥⚔ against 🚫 ISIL and have seen 👀 use 😏😁😆 by Saudi 🇸🇦 Arabia 🇸🇦 during the Yemeni Civil 👌 War 🔫.