M1 ABRAMS: The US's Main Battle Tank in American and Foreign Service, 1981-2019

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Since its introduction in 1981, the Abrams main battle tank has been one of the most visible and iconic symbols of American military power. This heavily illustrated historical and modeling guide in the TankCraft series includes 200 color illustrations. Seven different models, covering the service history of the Abrams, are featured, as is a modelers' guide to the existing kits and accessories in all the popular scales.

Designed to meet head-on the massed tank forces of the Warsaw Pact, the M1 combat debut in fact came in a different scenario in 1991 during the First Gulf War. Since then it has served in the peace-keeping role in the former Yugoslavia and seen combat in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. It has gone through a series of modifications and modernizations that see it set to remain the backbone of the US Army until at least 2050.