What are you trying to prove? I promise you I know this better than you. These are new Abrams manufactured to the monkey model standard. They did not have the composite armor and they had the 105 mm guns. These are somewhat equivalent to the M-1s that began to enter service in the late 1970s though not exactly, as that those made for US use in the 1970s had composite armor.
Good, just the man to speak to. Is the engine bay susceptible to prolonged sticky heat attack on the euk versions?
I have no clue what you’re talking about. All I know is we made brand new export model Abrams to standard never procured by the US because we didn’t want real Abrams getting knocked out and/or captured. It’s why it was a stupid gesture and just more money laundering for defense contractors. And of course since these substandard tanks look like Abrams, the hey provide a propaganda coup when they are inevitably knocked out.
