Whatever Modena is to the Ferrari and Abingdon is to worshippers of the sacred octagon, the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California's Mojave Desert is that thing to tank people. Especially if there's a 120mm cannon attached to it. And frankly, we can't resist the opportunity to test the ultimate anything. It can flatten a hundred Ford Expeditions without breaking stride and reduce enemy armor to a grimy blob in the dirt in less time than it takes you to say, "Okay, I quit." It's the ultimate off-road vehicle. In the food chain of terrain-gobbling tracked vehicles, the Abrams, which is built in Lima, Ohio, is the top predator, the numero uno tank. When one of these 65-ton beasts shows up in the carport of the presidential palace, the choice is give up or get squashed. When shuttle diplomacy fails and the world's buttheads tax our patience beyond the point of mere talk, the Abrams is what we send to indicate that Kofi Annan is out of the loop and now we mean business. The M1A1 Abrams main battle tank is the final vehicular response in U.S.
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