M1 Abrams wreck-finally done

HeavyArty

Member since
December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, April 17, 2009 10:44 AM

What is the cause of all these damage pics....IEDs...or Iranian anti tank weapons, or both?

Most Abrams have been damaged by large IEDs. There have been a few damaged by RPGs. There were also a few disabled and subsequently destroyed by US forces during the invasion as well. A few have been destroyed by fire caused by stored gear catchng fire, then setting the tank on fire.

The key point is that in 6 years of war (Desert Storm was only 4 days of ground combat), there haven't been that many destroyed. Most have been damaged and repaired. Also, the biggest thing is that, I believe, only one crew has been killed due to enemy action while in an Abrams. So the vehicle did its job by protecting the crew.

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PBRStreet gang

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March 2009
From: Richmond Virginia

Posted by PBRStreet gang on Friday, April 17, 2009 10:32 AM

I don't want to dwell on this topic but I am curious...particularly after reading about the successes of the M-1A1 in Desert Storm (IIRC: I believe we did not loose any M-1s, except for one that had to be spiked when they couldn't repair it in the field - and then it was only destroyed after we put it out of its misery).

What is the cause of all these damage pics....IEDs...or Iranian anti tank weapons, or both?

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scratchmod

Member since
February 2009
From: mass,USA

Posted by scratchmod on Friday, April 17, 2009 10:13 AM

It breaks my heart too and have tried to stay away from this subject. I had no idea we lost sooo many M1's over there, I guess it's time to face reality and accept it. I think some of the oldtimers from WWII are still trying to deal with it also. As a Desert Storm vet, I have seen the loses on the Iraqi side and very little from our side. War does suck, but on the other hand what type of model would we be building, cars.....

Rob

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SmittyInfinity

Member since
April 2009
From: South Carolina

Posted by SmittyInfinity on Friday, April 17, 2009 9:46 AM

Please... no more pictures of destroyed Abrams. I breaks my heart a little every time. But good luck anyway

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scratchmod

Member since
February 2009
From: mass,USA

Posted by scratchmod on Friday, April 17, 2009 9:27 AM

Nice pics thanks. I down loaded 50+ pics of destroyed M1's and have added yours to them, I can't wait to start painting soon.

Rob

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camo junkie

Member since
January 2009
From: clinton twp, michigan

Posted by camo junkie on Friday, April 17, 2009 9:22 AM

i look 4-ward 2 seeing the results.

i have many more but here's another 4 your collection. mine blew the wheels right off...but what do u expect for aluminum.

and another during the invasion.

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scratchmod

Member since
February 2009
From: mass,USA

M1 Abrams wreck-finally done

Posted by scratchmod on Friday, April 17, 2009 9:12 AM

Hi all, I'm back to model building again after a 4 week pause. Been buisy doing some major remodeling for when the in-laws visit this summer.

I kinda got bored with building WWII german wrecks so I decided to take a break and try some modern stuff for a while. I plan on building some T55 and T67 wrecks, but I'm starting with this M1A2 Abrams from Italeri that I picked up at Valleycon for ten bucks.

I have O knlowledge of modern vehicles so I won't try to fix any inacuracies in this kit, it's an OOB build. I mainly want to work on the painting using and mixing different techniques. I wasn't very happy with the way my PZIV wreck turned out so I want to things like the salt and hairspray methods.

Here are a couple of pics of how I'll be painting the Abrams. I'll be using these and other pics a painting guide and am notdepicting any particular tank. This is a practice model before I start some T55's.

I have started the model this past weekend and it's about 90% done right now. It was to be a quick build but as with all Italeri kits there is a lot of clean up work and those darn ejector pin marks that drive me crazy. I'm not doing any major scratchbuilding or damage to this model, just a burned out tank. here is what it looks like so far.