I still cannot believe these are new 1500hp engines, if they were, then they are the best gas turbine tank engines in the world, much better than those on M1.
So you don't believe Russia is allowed more powerful gas turbine engines than those the Americans use, or do you think the M1 is the best tank in the world still?
They are putting the vehicle back into production which means it now makes sense to develop a new 1.500hp gas turbine for it, but I would think looking at helicopters that Russia is perfectly capable of having more powerful gas turbine engines that the entire west... look at their helicopters... the biggest US helicopter has three engines and there is a big european helicopter with three engines too isn't there?
And the M1 has proven to be a corrupt piece of crap just like most other western junk... before being easily destroyed on a modern battlefield the claim was the extra weight and the extra cost were worth it because it was unstoppable and would cut through Russian armoured forces like a scythe through wheat.
Turns out the US seems to have sabotaged it by sending it in without the full support and training needed to make it operate properly... maybe they want funding for new tanks to replace the ones it uses now.
Nothing like a scary Russian bear to justify billions for developing new stuff to replace everything...
Not like they haven't done that before... the BMP-2 and MiG-25 spring to mind immediately.
For years they said the T-62 and T-64/72 were useless because of their horribly inaccurate smooth bore guns... ignoring the sensible logic that the main anti tank rounds modern tanks fire are APFSDS and HEAT-FS... neither of which actually use spin stabilisation because both are fin stabilised anyway.