Ultimate savings from the TIGER program are difficult to quantify,īut the effort aims to cut depot visits in half. The operating and support costs of our Abrams fleet." "this is the most affordable and cost-effective approach to address You buy a brand-new engine." The Army leadership concluded that
"The tank for all intents and purposes was built around thisĮngine," says Flanagan. The Army neverthelessĮstablished a compelling business case for improving the AGT1500. However, the time between AGT1500 depot-level overhauls hasĭeclined from 2,000 operating hours for a brand-new engine to 700 hoursįor one returned to stock from the depot. Took a hit on fuel consumption when we selected this very good "The lethality of this tank is in the speed at which we can moveĪround the battlefield," says Flanagan. High power density, the thirsty 1,500-horsepower turbine made the AbramsĪ success in fast-moving Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Last of the approximately 12,000 new AGT1500 engines in 1994. The Army now has more than 6,000 M1 Abrams tanks and bought the Reducing the cost of operating the tank," says Abrams Product Honeywell AGT1500 gas turbine engine accounts for about 42 percent of The Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command estimates that the Under a program called total integratedĮngine revitalization, or TIGER, the goal is to double the meantimeīetween depot repairs for the M1 Abrams tank power plant. The Army is revamping its Abrams tank engines in an effort toĬurtail soaring operating costs. APA style: Heavy duty: overhaul under way for Abrams tank engine.Heavy duty: overhaul under way for Abrams tank engine." Retrieved from 2006 National Defense Industrial Association 03 Nov. MLA style: "Heavy duty: overhaul under way for Abrams tank engine." The Free Library.
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