**More details about his service tank in cities and major combat zones**

M1A2 SEPv2: Added Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station as standard, color displays, improved interfaces, a new operating system, improved front and side armor with ERA (TUSK kit), tank-infantry phone as standard, and an upgraded transmission for better durability

The Tank Urban Survival Kit (TUSK) is a series of improvements to the M1 Abrams intended to improve fighting ability in urban environments. Historically, urban and other close battlefields have been the worst place for tanks to fight. A tank’s front armor is much stronger than that on the sides, top, or rear. In an urban environment, attacks can come from any direction, and attackers can get close enough to reliably hit weak points in the tank’s armor or gain sufficient elevation to hit the top armor.

Armor upgrades include reactive armor on the sides of the tank and slat armor (similar to that on the Stryker) on the rear to protect against rocket-propelled grenades and other shaped charge warheads. A Transparent Armor Gun Shield and a thermal sight system are added to the loader’s top-mounted M240B 7.62 mm machine gun, and a Kongsberg Gruppen Remote Weapon Turret carrying a .50 caliber machine gun (again similar to that used on the Stryker) is in place of the tank commander’s original .50 caliber machine gun mount, wherein the commander had to expose himself to fire the weapon manually. An exterior telephone allows supporting infantry to communicate with the tank commander.

The TUSK system is a field-installable kit that allows tanks to be upgraded without needing to be recalled to a maintenance depot. While the reactive armor may not be needed in most situations, like those present in maneuver warfare, items like the rear slat armor, loader’s gun shield, infantry phone (which saw use on Marine Corps M1A1s as early as 2003), and Kongsberg Remote Weapons Station for the .50 in caliber machine gun will be added to the entire M1A2 fleet over time.

On 29 August 2006, General Dynamics Land Systems received a U.S. Army order for 505 Tank Urban Survivability Kits (TUSK) for Abrams main battle tanks supporting operations in Iraq, under a US$45 million contract. Deliveries were expected to be completed by April 2009. Under a separate order, the U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) US$30 million to produce reactive armor kits to equip M1A2s. The reactive tiles for the M1 will be locally produced at GDATP’s Burlington Technology Center. Tiles will be produced at the company’s reactive armor facility in Stone County Operations, McHenry, Mississippi. On 8 December 2006, the U.S. Army added Counter Improvised Explosive Device enhancements to the M1A1 and M1A2 TUSK, awarding GDLS $11.3 million contract, part of the $59 million package mentioned above. In December, GDLS also received an order, amounting to around 40% of a US$48 million order, for loader’s thermal weapon sights being part of the TUSK system improvements for the M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams Tanks.

KIT PARTS

The Academy has released M1A2 V2 Tusk II, which is an improved version of the existing M1A2 Tusk. In fact, development has been a long time ago, but it is now on the market for a variety of reasons.

This product reproduces the M1A2 V2 Tusk II and has been repaired as a problem in the existing product. The main changes and the number of points are as follows.

 

– We have fine tuned the distance of the right road wheel which had a gap problem.

– The rope fixing hole on the side of the turret has been modified.

– Resin track tension adjusted.

– The glove arrangement on the side of the turret has been changed to the new type.

– The turret side armor arrangement has been changed to add new parts to fix the glove (newest of the existing M1A2 kits).

– The etching configuration has changed slightly.

– The decal has been configured to make two choices.

– The track has been combined with two belt-type and linkage.

 

TEST

All parts here are of high quality
A very detailed and invested kit, a very high quality and durable product box
An excellent plastic base for painting shows the color really and not the effect created in this place
A very serious manufacturer who looks for high quality products and invests in a hobby that many like.
A detailed and easy to understand construction guide, a model of a tank that receives respect and admiration and deserves it
It is not a perfect product but definitely enough for the goods, and gives good value for money
recommended TO BUY AND TRY IT ….