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How does a Tank work? (M1A2 Abrams)

Jared Owen
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How do 68 tons of steel move with precision and power and hit a target 2 miles away? Explore the mechanics behind the M1A2 Abrams battle tank.    • How does a Military Helicopter work? ...      • What happened to the USS Arizona? (Pe...      • Jared's Military Animations   Support these videos:   / jaredowenanimations   This video has been dubbed in over 20 languages, you can change the audio track language in the Settings menu (click the gear icon in the lower right hand corner of the video). Try dubbing your videos with AI: https://dittodub.com/a/jaredowen I apologize for not including metric units in the video. I normally include both metric and imperial but this video I got lazy. (and yes, even as an American I agree our system is pretty wonky😫) I made a mistake with the smoke grenade launchers in the video. They don't emit smoke directly - they shoot out grenades around the tank and then those grenades emit smoke. Special thanks to  …...more
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How does a Tank work? (M1A2 Abrams)
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60,464,528Views
2020May 5
How do 68 tons of steel move with precision and power and hit a target 2 miles away? Explore the mechanics behind the M1A2 Abrams battle tank.    • How does a Military Helicopter work? ...      • What happened to the USS Arizona? (Pe...      • Jared's Military Animations   Support these videos:   / jaredowenanimations   This video has been dubbed in over 20 languages, you can change the audio track language in the Settings menu (click the gear icon in the lower right hand corner of the video). Try dubbing your videos with AI: https://dittodub.com/a/jaredowen I apologize for not including metric units in the video. I normally include both metric and imperial but this video I got lazy. (and yes, even as an American I agree our system is pretty wonky😫) I made a mistake with the smoke grenade launchers in the video. They don't emit smoke directly - they shoot out grenades around the tank and then those grenades emit smoke. Special thanks to contributors that helped review this video: Captain John Uvina & Captain Darian Vaughn; US Army, Armor Officers 1LT (RET) Trevor Knowles; US Army Corps of Engineers Follow me on social media: Facebook:   / jaredowen3d   Instagram:   / jaredowenanimations   Twitter:   / jaredowen3d   Patreon:   / jaredowenanimations   Tiktok:   / jaredowenanimations   Some of the 3D models you see in this video were purchased from TurboSquid (links below). The models were then modified for use in this video. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/... https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/... https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/... Internet Sources: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwa... https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/... https://science.howstuffworks.com/m1-...    • Video   - "M1A2 Abrams Tank"    • M1A2 Main Battle Tank Firing Main Gun...   - "M1A2 Main Battle Tank Firing Main Gun - Interior View"    • Anatomy of an Abrams Tank Part 1   - "Anatomy of an Abrams Tank" Book Sources: "M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank: From 1980 (M1, M1A1, M1A2 Models) - Owners' Workshop Manual" https://amzn.to/2WaIzjv "The M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank" By Steve Parker https://amzn.to/3d51raa "Tanks Inside & Out" By Michael E. Haskew https://amzn.to/2WayVxa Music: (Soundstripe.com) "Breaking and Entering" By Rhythm Scott "Binary" By Falls Made with Blender 2.82a, Cycles Render Here is some of the gear that I use for animation: Graphics Card: GTX 1080ti https://amzn.to/2t70HN0 CPU: i7-8700k https://amzn.to/2WEk9OE Motherboard: Asus Prim Z370-A https://amzn.to/2t4EVth Microphone: Samson Go Mic https://amzn.to/2GaSpvV Mouse: Logitech G600 https://amzn.to/2UKhf9P

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