The Avco-Lycoming AGT1500 is a gas turbine engine. It is the main powerplant of the M1 Abrams series of tanks.
Engine output peaks at 1,500 hp (1,100 kW), with 2,750 lb⋅ft (3,730 N⋅m) of torque at that peak,[2] which occurs at 3,000 rpm.[3] The turbine can provide torque in excess of 667 lb⋅ft (904 N⋅m) at significantly lower RPMs. The engine weighs approximately 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) and occupies a volume of 40 cu ft (1.1 m3), measuring 63 in × 40 in × 28 in (1,600 mm × 1,020 mm × 710 mm).[4]
The engine can use a variety of fuels, including jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and marine diesel.[2]
The engine is a three-shaft machine composed of five sub-modules:[4]
Recuperator – a fixed cylindrical regenerative heat exchanger that extracts waste heat from the exhaust gases and uses it to preheat the compressed air
Rotating Gas Producer – the five-stage, dual-spool compressor which achieves a 14.5:1 compression ratio at full power, driven by the compressor turbine, which operates with a maximum turbine inlet temperature of 2,180 °F (1,190 °C)
Accessory Gearbox – bevel gears that extract 35 to 100 hp (26 to 75 kW) from the high-pressure spool to operate the fuel control unit, starter, oil pump, and vehicle hydraulic pump
Power Turbines – the first stage of the two-stage power turbine is driven by a variable-geometry nozzle to improve efficiency
Reduction Gearbox – reduces power turboshaft speed.
All the above to be maintained by 40 to 50 yr old draftees with no background in heavy tanks while being lit up by Russians who zap them anytime they organize too close together this tanks motor pool will have it pretty bad as bad as the tank itself when KA-52's show up.
The Avco-Lycoming AGT1500 is a gas turbine engine. It is the main powerplant of the M1 Abrams series of tanks.
Engine output peaks at 1,500 hp (1,100 kW), with 2,750 lb⋅ft (3,730 N⋅m) of torque at that peak,[2] which occurs at 3,000 rpm.[3] The turbine can provide torque in excess of 667 lb⋅ft (904 N⋅m) at significantly lower RPMs. The engine weighs approximately 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) and occupies a volume of 40 cu ft (1.1 m3), measuring 63 in × 40 in × 28 in (1,600 mm × 1,020 mm × 710 mm).[4]
The engine can use a variety of fuels, including jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and marine diesel.[2]
The engine is a three-shaft machine composed of five sub-modules:[4]
Recuperator – a fixed cylindrical regenerative heat exchanger that extracts waste heat from the exhaust gases and uses it to preheat the compressed air Rotating Gas Producer – the five-stage, dual-spool compressor which achieves a 14.5:1 compression ratio at full power, driven by the compressor turbine, which operates with a maximum turbine inlet temperature of 2,180 °F (1,190 °C) Accessory Gearbox – bevel gears that extract 35 to 100 hp (26 to 75 kW) from the high-pressure spool to operate the fuel control unit, starter, oil pump, and vehicle hydraulic pump Power Turbines – the first stage of the two-stage power turbine is driven by a variable-geometry nozzle to improve efficiency Reduction Gearbox – reduces power turboshaft speed.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avco-Lycoming_AGT1500
All the above to be maintained by 40 to 50 yr old draftees with no background in heavy tanks while being lit up by Russians who zap them anytime they organize too close together this tanks motor pool will have it pretty bad as bad as the tank itself when KA-52's show up.
What a waste of a semi decent tanks.
The thermal signature can be seen from Moscow.
Must have a free turbine in that case.