Tank MPG

What is the tank MPG for an M1 Abrams?

Tom

 

300 miles at .6 MPG


M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank
Specifications
M1 / IPM1 M1A1 M1A2
Manufacturer General Dynamics (Land Systems Division)
Crew 4: Commander, Gunner, Loader & Driver
Weight 60 Tons 63 Tons 69.54 Tons
Length (Gun Forward) 384.5 inches 387 inches
Turret Height 93.5 inches
Width 143.8 inches 144 inches
Ground Clearance 19 inches
Ground Pressure 13.1 PSI 13.8 PSI 15.4 PSI
Obstacle Crossing 49 inches 42 inches
Vertical Trench 9 Feet
Power plant AGT-1500 turbine engine
Power Rating 1500 HP
Power to Weight Ratio 25 hp/ton 23.8 hp/ton 21.6 hp/ton
Hydro Kinetic Transmission 4 Speed Forward
2 Speed Reverse
Speed - Maximum 45 mph (Governed) 42 mph (Governed)
Speed - Cross Country 30 mph
Speed - 10% Slope 20 mph 17 mph
Speed - 60% Slope 4.5 mph 4.1 mph
Acceleration
(0 to 20 mph) 7 Seconds 7.2 Seconds
Fuel Capacity 498 gal (1,885 liters) / 505 gal (1,907 liters)
Cruising Range 275 Miles 265 Miles
Fuel Consumption A tank will need approximately 300 gallons every eight hours; this will vary depending on mission, terrain, and weather. A single tank takes 10 minutes to refuel. Refueling and rearming of a tank platoon--four tanks--is approximately 30 minutes under ideal conditions.
0.6 miles per gallon.
60 gallons per hour when traveling cross-country
30+ gallons per hour while operating at a tactical ideal
10 gallons basic idle
A mine plow will increase the fuel consummation rate of a tank by 25 percent
Main Armament 105mm M68A1
Rifled Cannon 120mm M256
Smooth Bore Cannon
Commander's Weapon .50 Cal M2 Machinegun
Coaxial Weapon 7.62 M240 Machinegun
Loader's Weapon 7.62 M240 Machinegun on Skate Mount
Basic Load Main Gun 40 rounds (M1A2 42 rounds)
Commander's 50 Caliber MG 1,000 rounds
M240 7.62 MG (COAX)/Loader's M240 MG 10,800 rounds
Smoke Grenades 24 rounds
NBC System 200 SCFM - CleanCooled Air
Inventory US Army 4,393 586 M1A2
588 M1A2 SEP
Inventory USMC 403
Inventory Other 777 Egypt 315 Saudi Arabia
218 Kuwait
Unit Replacement Cost $4,300,000

 

Good to know. Why do you suppose Indyking was interested?

Tom

 

Indyking, your right, we can all pull miracles out of a hat for short distances. My best tank MPG was 64.3 and over 700 miles. Can't take a pic because I stupidly disconnected my 12V battery when I didn't need to, so all my trip data was lost.
Give me a week

 

Even MPG over a tank is suspect, due to possible variations like overfilling, underfilling, etc. The average MPG over a few thousand miles, always filling with the same gas at the same pump will reduce the impact of those vairations.

 

Here is a picture:



Tom

 

My best "tank" MPG? 61.3 for 503.8 miles at 26mph.

Other "bests" are shown in my signature, below, as well as my lifetime numbers for City, Highway and Overall. At 7,081 on the odometer, yesterday, my lifetime fuel economy (from the MID) was at 56.8MPG. The total calculated fuel economy, for 15 tanks, is at 54.1MPG.

My mileage has taken a "hit" lately, as I've been taking my new Prius to the body shop a bit too often.

(Ref.: Again!! Second Prius to be Hit -- Back to the Same Repair Shop, I Guess and Again & Again!! Third Time to be Hit in Four Months -- Back to the Same Repair Shop . . Again!)

 

Nice! keep up the good stats, and hurry up with the first Gen III 700mile per tank. I still remember how jazzed I was about doing my 1st 700 mile tank. Immediatly I was encouraged to shoot for an 800 mile tank. whew! that tough! ... still workin' on it ... but it's closin' in


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hill, you are the MAN, and I will never reach your numbers. I just don't have the commute for it. My daily drive kills my mileage, and the only way I get really good numbers is when I am doing long drives to out-of-the-way places. I get a few of those trips each year, but only one of those, typically, will be long enough to give me a tank's worth of gas. If that trip is in the late spring or early fall, when A/C use is lower, then I may have a shot at a high tank. BUT, I also need to start the tank early in that trip, otherwise I just get two tanks with little increases!

Think about this: My most recent fill showed a tank at 54.0MPGs at 483.0 miles (20mph). This tank covered 26 days, and the last 93 miles were in one day. That means the previous 390 miles happened across 25 days -- fewer than 16 miles per day. Now a good week of that was while the car was in the shop for repairs, but think of the great mileage it was getting at the hands of those folks. Can you imagine what it got during the test drives and moving it around the yard? Eck!

 

Don't worry, you'll be getting better tanks along the way. I expect you'll pass me by soon enough!

For calculation of lifetime combined mileage, I divide the total miles by the total gallons. When it comes to using the MID info to do this calculation, I simply determine the gallons used (according to the car's calculations) by taking the MID's displayed miles and dividing it by the MID's displayed miles per gallon: Miles/(miles/gallon) = gallons.

I don't know how other folks do it, but I've been a bit worried that people simply take ten MPG readings, add them up and divide by 10. If each MPG reading was for the same number of miles, then there would be no error. If the MPG readings were all for tank fills, and each tank fill was pretty darn close to the same mileage each time, then the error would be fairly small.

 

I take my best single segment mileage and claim it as my mileage. It has no basis in reality or accuracy, but it feels good. Besides, always remember that you can hit Reset if your tank mileage looks too bad.

Tom

 

Pictures!!



Wayne