M1IP
M1IP: Main Battle Tank
Statistics
Main gun: 105mm M68 rifled gun (M1, M1IP)
Ammunition Stowage: 25 ready/22+8 stowed
Default Ammunition: 15/18 M833 APFSDS, 10/12 M456A2 HEAT
Coaxial machine gun: 7.62mm M240
Ammunition Stowage: 4000 ready/8000 stowed
Default Ammunition: 4000/8000 7.62mm NATO
AAMG: M2 caliber .50 HMG
Ammunition Stowage: 100 ready/900 stowed
Default Ammunition: 100/900 0.50 cal M2 AP-T
Grenade Dischargers: Grenades
Ammunition Stowage: 2 ready/2 stowed
Default Ammunition: 2/2 Smoke
Armour protection:
Frontal Turret Armour: 350mm-600mm vs KE, 630mm-1100mm vs HEAT
Frontal Hull Armour: 400mm-780mm vs KE, 400mm-1500mm vs HEAT
Combat Weight: 56.9 tonnes
Length: 7.93m (Hull)
Width: 3.66m
Height: 2.89m
Engine Power: 1,500 hp Avco Lycoming AGT-1500 gas turbine
Top Speed: 72kph
General
The M1IP (Improved Performance) is a 1984 upgrade to the M1 tank. Produced for only one year, the principle differences involved a new “long” turret with increased frontal armour (~880mm LOS versus ~650mm for the M1) and enhanced stowage with the addition of a turret mounted bustle-rack.
Manufactured in relatively small numbers (894), nearly all were posted in Europe [1985-1991] and South Korea [1990-92], with the last M1IPs withdrawn back to the United States by 1993. There, it continued in active-duty and National Guard service into the early 2000s.
Something of note for scenario designers: two battalions of M1IPs fought as part of the 1st Infantry Division (3rd and 4th battalions of the 37th armored regiment) during the First Gulf War.
Thermal Signature
Crew Positions
Please visit the M1A1(HA) page for detailed information on the M1IP's crew positions since both tanks are functionally identical.
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