It shares the same fire control system with the M1 Abrams, and its chassis is based on the UK’s Ajax reconnaissance vehicle. Popular Mechanics notes that the 38-ton MPF is armed with a 105mm main gun and a 7.62mm machine gun. GDLS is slated to initially deliver 26 units, while its contract with the US Army allows for 70 more vehicles. Image: GDLSĭefense News reported that GDLS would start manufacturing the US Army’s MPF system in November, the spiritual successor to the Vietnam War air-droppable M551 Sheridan light tank. GDLS’ MPF light tank will be the spiritual successor of the Vietnam War-era M551 Sheridan. Photos released by GDLS show turret slots for countermeasure grenades, active protection systems and distributed aperture camera systems (DAS). The source also notes that the AbramsX features an unmanned turret and an autoloader, which decreases crew size from four to three, increases survivability, frees up turret space for future upgrades and reduces vehicle weight. Its main armament is a 120mm smoothbore gun derived from the XM360 120mm cannon of the canceled Future Combat Systems (FCS) vehicle. The tank sports a highly-revised turret with multiple electro-optical sights and a remote weapon station with a 30mm chain gun. The Warzone reported that General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) revealed its anticipated AbramsX MBT prototype, which marks a deep modernization of the long-serving M1 Abrams tank that has been in service since the 1980s.

The US has unveiled its new AbramsX Main Battle Tank (MBT) and Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) light tank, both purposely designed for expeditionary operations vis-a-vis China in Asia and Russia in Europe.

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