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Iraqi M1 Abrams tank losses revealed (Janes' article)- 2014

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Perhaps some have already been captured by ISIS militants?  :o

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Iraqi Abrams losses revealed

Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

The official said 28 Iraqi Army Abrams had been damaged in fighting with militants, five of them suffering full armour penetration when hit by ATGMs. The United States supplied 140 refurbished M1A1 Abrams tanks to Iraq between 2010 and 2012. While they have new equipment to improve situational awareness, they do not have the depleted uranium amour package that increases protection over the tank's frontal arc.


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. . . the fact that militants are repeatedly getting close to the tanks suggests the vehicles lack adequate infantry support.

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