One of the key benefits of tanks is their mobility. When it was time to ship the completed machines, the crates were marked “ tank' (as in “ water tank'), and the name has been used ever since. They told the workers building the vehicles that they would be used to transport water. Because they wanted to surprise German forces, the Allied forces built the first tanks in total secrecy. It was around this time that tanks also got their name. To avoid fierce face-to-face combat, the British first used tanks at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It was not until World War I, however, that tanks were first produced and used in war. In 1872, he obtained a patent for “propelling a road locomotive employing endless flat linked pitch or other chains passing round the rims of the main moving wheels.' Joseph Hawker developed the idea for the modern tank. They provide heavy firepower in the form of large guns and mounted machine guns. The tank has a cruising range of 426km and can travel at a maximum speed of 67.5km/h.Tanks are armored fighting vehicles made for fighting wars in rough terrain. The Abrams M1A2 integrates heavy exterior composite armour and steel-encased depleted uranium armour at the forward hull and turret to offer a high level of protection to its crew. 50 cal M2 machine gun and can store 42 rounds of 120mm, 11,400 rounds of 7.62mm, 900 rounds of 50 calibre ammunition, 32 screening grenades and 210 rounds of 5.56mm ammo.

The tank is also armed with two 7.62mm M240 machine guns and a. The main gun of the tank is a manually loaded 120mm XM256 smoothbore cannon, which can fire a range of Nato ammunition against armoured vehicles, infantry and low-flying aircraft. The tank was designed based on the experience gained from the performance of M1A1 and incorporates new technologies to deliver superior firepower and mobility, making it one of the best battle tanks in the world.

The Abrams M1A2 is a combat proven main battle tank developed by General Dynamics Land Systems, primarily for the US Army.

Modern day light tank