The United States will send the M1A2 Abrams tank to Ukraine, which has significantly improved capabilities compared to the previous M1A1 model. Sabrina Singh, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary, said this at a briefing, CNN reports..

The M1A2 is an upgrade of the older M1A1: unlike the A1, which runs on an analog system, the A2 runs on a digital.

“It’s like the difference between a rotary corded phone and the iPhone that you hold in your hands,” explained retired Army General Robert Abrams, the former commander of the US military in Korea, it was in honor of his father that the 70-ton Abrams tank was named.

According to the military, a feature of this model is a new vehicle-to-vehicle information system that allows vehicles to continuously and automatically exchange information.. Using new technology, commanders can quickly track the location of friendly vehicles, identify enemy positions and process artillery requests..

He noted that the new version of the tank is also significantly more lethal than the A1..

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Which variation of the A2 tank, and there are three of them, will be chosen is unknown. It is only known that Kyiv will receive a version of the Abrams M1A2 tanks without secret additional armor elements, which includes depleted uranium, as this is required by federal policy.

According to Christina Singh, the United States does not have an excess of these tanks in warehouses, so it will take " However, the US defense industry does not produce tanks from scratch, but modifies existing old models..

As you know, on January 25, President of the United States of America Joe Biden confirmed that Kyiv would receive 31 Abrams M1 tanks from Washington..

Training program on the use of Abrams main battle tanks for Ukrainian fighters will begin in the coming weeks.