![]() The main battle tank also features a digital battlefield management system that can distinguish friendly and enemy targets. The two thermal sights use second generation FLIR technology that also provides night vision capabilities. There is a modern and capable fire control system in the tank with a ballistic computer. The second choice is an excellent ammunition against infantry targets at the range of 0.12 to 0.3 miles. The weapon shoots M829A3 APFSDS ammunition and M1028 rounds. The weapon of the tank is the 120 mm M256 that has a range of 2.5 miles. ![]() The Army can extend the level of protection by adding explosive reactive armor. The armor of the SEP version has upgraded deplete uranium components that makes it one of the best in the world. In total, the US built 240 new M1A2 SEPs, upgraded 300 M1A2 thanks to the SEP version, and also upgraded 400 M1A1s to the MI1A2 SEP configuration. The M1A2 SEP is still today the backbone of the armored forces of the United States. Then, the System Enhancement Package (SEP) upgrade came and changed the already improved capabilities of the M1A2. The armor consists of second generation depleted uranium. The M1A2 provides the tank commander with a thermal sight and can shoot two targets at the same time. "Africa needs these vital products today," he said.The MIA2 started production in 1986 and the first one started serving for the US Army in 1992. Meanwhile Sawadogo Mahamadi, head of Burkina Faso's chamber of commerce and industry, called Mr Putin's grain offer "a very good thing". ![]() It comes after Moscow pulled out of a landmark deal which had allowed the safe export of grain from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea to global markets.Ī Russian news agency cited Uganda's foreign minister as calling the decision "understandable". Mr Putin told African leaders earlier that he was ready to replace Ukrainian grain supplies to the continent and could ship tens of thousands of tonnes of free grain within months (see our 11.36 post). ![]() ![]() "We are food-secure, he is just adding to what we are already have," he said. Zimbabwe's president has said he is "grateful" for Vladimir Putin's offer of free grain - but insisted his country is "food-secure" and not in need of handouts.Įmmerson Mnangagwa told reporters at the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg that "we are not in any grain deficit at all". ![]()
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