The AGT1500 is a gas turbine engine and the main powerplant of the M1 Abrams series of tanks. The Lycoming Turbine Engine Division designed it and built it at the Stratford Army Engine Plant, and production moved to the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama in 1995 when Stratford closed. Development had started by 1964, serial production began in 1980, and more than 11,000 engines had been delivered by 1992. Output peaks at 1,500 horsepower at 3,000 rpm. It is a three-shaft machine built from a recuperator, a dual-spool gas producer with a 14.5 to 1 compression ratio, an accessory gearbox, a two-stage power turbine with a variable-geometry nozzle and a reduction gearbox, and it can run on jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and marine diesel. A commercial marine derivative, the TF15, followed from 1986.
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AGT-1500s power the U.S. Army's M1 Abrams tank series and was originally developed by Lycoming.
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History, serial production
Serial production of the AGT1500 began in 1980
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The engine can use a variety of fuels, including jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and marine diesel
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It is the main powerplant of the M1 Abrams series of tanks
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