![]() That was enough to fly from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to Torrejon Air Base in Spain, or from Travis Air Force Base in California to Yokota Air Base in Japan. With a 100,000 pound payload, the C-5A could fly 5,300 miles. Lockheed’s specs called for an aircraft capable of carrying an outside load of 250,000 pounds, or 125 tons, for a distance of 3,200 miles unrefueled. ![]() It would eventually become the 747 civilian airliner. In today’s dollars the C-5A would cost $268 million per plane. After a six-month deliberation, Lockheed won the contract to build 58 of the cargo planes, while General Electric won the engine contract. This adds up to 34,734 cubic feet of cargo space, or what C-5 maintainers call a “warehouse with wings.”īoeing, Douglas, and Lockheed competed for the contract. The tank has a cruising range of 426km and can travel at a maximum speed of 67.5km/h.The plane’s “cargo box” is 13.5 feet high, 19 feet wide, and 143.75 feet long. The Abrams M1A2 integrates heavy exterior composite armour and steel-encased depleted uranium armour at the forward hull and turret to offer a high level of protection to its crew. 50 cal M2 machine gun and can store 42 rounds of 120mm, 11,400 rounds of 7.62mm, 900 rounds of 50 calibre ammunition, 32 screening grenades and 210 rounds of 5.56mm ammo. The tank is also armed with two 7.62mm M240 machine guns and a. The main gun of the tank is a manually loaded 120mm XM256 smoothbore cannon, which can fire a range of Nato ammunition against armoured vehicles, infantry and low-flying aircraft. ![]() The tank was designed based on the experience gained from the performance of M1A1 and incorporates new technologies to deliver superior firepower and mobility, making it one of the best battle tanks in the world. The Abrams M1A2 is a combat proven main battle tank developed by General Dynamics Land Systems, primarily for the US Army.
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