M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) (Shredder)

History of the M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) (Shredder)

The fast-paced tank battles of World War II (1939-1945) were not lost to war planners until the end, when special engineering-oriented vehicles were developed from existing chassis to perform a variety of tasks - including obstacle and mine clearance. To this day (2016), this piece of battlefield equipment remains part of every modern Army's inventory, as demand for such items remains ahead of advancing troops.

With the discontinuation of the US Army M1 Grizzly program in 2001 (described in detail elsewhere on this site), the service is still looking for a "breakthrough" vehicle solution and in 2008 launched the "Assault Vandal Vehicle" (ABV), like the M1 Grizzly before it, was built to be "logistically friendly" on the existing M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) chassis and running gear. Nicknamed the "Smasher" in U.S.

Marine Corps and Army service, the vehicle has procured 39 examples of the type to datea far cry from the Army's original plan of 366 M1 Grizzlies.

The 72-ton, 40-foot shredder has a dozer blade in the bow and retains a powered turret, but lacks the main gun armament of the Abrams fighter version. It is armed with a 1 x 12.7mm machine gun (HMG) for local defense and can use smoke grenades to create its own smoke screen.

Mounted above the turret is the M56 MICLIC (Mine Clearing Line Charge) system, which provides an explosive-loaded missile for clearing soft obstacles (as well as detonating enemy charges and mines at long distances).

The Shredder's design was heavily influenced by US operations in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars of the 2000s, where obstacles, mines, and hidden improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were the mainstay of infantry and vehicle occupants the normalcy faced. After the failure of the M1 Grizzly project, the U.S.

Marine Corps was responsible for the development and funding of the ABV.

The vehicle retains most of the Abrams main battle tank form and function, but clearly lacks full combat capabilities. It uses Abrams' 1,500-horsepower Honeywell gas turbine and has the same rear drive sprocket, front track idler and seven twin-tire wheels on one side of the body.

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As of this writing, the Army has planned to purchase 187 from the USMC, for a total of 52. They have been actively deployed in Afghanistan and have operations in South Korea since 2013.

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500 x 12.7mm ammo

12 x Smoke Grenade

7,000 pounds of explosives for breaking through obstacles.

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