The ABCT's Cavalry Squadron also has 1 Armor Company in addition to 1 HQ & HQ Troop (HHT) and 3 Cavalry Troops. Prior to 2016, each Combined Arms Battalion uniformly consisted of 1 HQ & HQ Company (HHC), 2 Armor Companies and 2 Mechanized Infantry Companies. An ABCT will have 2 CABs that have 2 Armor Companies and 1 Mechanized Infantry Company, while 1 CAB will have 2 Mechanized Infantry Companies and 1 Armor Company. After 2016, the Combined Arms Battalion consisted of 1 HQ & HQ Company (HHC) and a mix of 3 Armor or Mechanized Infantry Companies. The next level up is the Combined Arms Battalion (CAB), part of the Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT). These companies are armed with the M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as the Combined Arms Battalion and U.S. Notably, despite Russia's huge tank losses in Ukraine, it has not deployed the Armata there.The following is the current organization of the Armor Company of the U.S. Army as of roughly the late 2000s or early 2012s. However, Russia's army has bought few of them, in part due to manufacturing difficulties. If this sounds familiar, Russia's T-14 Armata, unveiled in 2015, also had an unmanned turret, a crew of three in the hull, and onboard drones.

It is armed with six Switchblade 300 loitering munitions, known as 'kamikaze drones.' It also has an artificial-intelligence program - called 'Katalyst' - that can help the crew identify and prioritize targets, navigate, and predict future maintenance. It also has a Kongsberg RS6 remote-controlled weapon station with an XM914 30 mm cannon and a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun.Īs befits a 21st-century tank design, the AbramsX has some cutting-edge features. The AbramsX retains a 120 mm cannon as its main armament but replaces the current gun with the lighter XM360 originally developed for the failed Future Combat System. US soldiers do maintenance on an Abrams tank in Germany in August 2017.ģrd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

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