American Tank Crews Are Getting 'Better' Ammo

Scout Warrior: Abrams Tank to Get New High-Tech, Multi-Purpose 120mm Ammo

Advanced Multi-Purpose Round The Army is now engineering a new Advanced Multi-Purpose 120mm ammunition round for a far-superior M1A2 SEP v4 Abrams tank variant for the

Advanced Multi-Purpose Round

The Army is now engineering a new Advanced Multi-Purpose 120mm ammunition round for a far-superior M1A2 SEP v4 Abrams tank variant for the 2020s and beyond --designed to be more lethal, faster, lighter weight, better protected, equipped with new sensors and armed with upgraded, more effective weapons, service officials said.

The new ammunition will replace four different kinds of ammunition with a single round.

The AMP round will replace four tank rounds now in use. The first two are the M830, High Explosive Anti-Tank, or HEAT, round and the M830A1, Multi-Purpose Anti -Tank, or MPAT, round.

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WNU Editor: More "lethal, faster, lighter weight, better protected, equipped with new sensors" seems to be the Pentagon's mantra right now when it comes to improving the military.