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Re: buckiii2 post# 11939

Sunday, 07/28/2013 11:21:43 PM

Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:21:43 PM

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I don't know if AFT's pump and fuel injector that they are designing for the SBIR Army contract is applicable to the M1 tank, which uses a Honeywell gas turbine engine, not a diesel. It can run on JP-8 fuel, put would likely need a different pump/fuel injector system.
http://www.g2mil.com/abramsdiesel.htm
(scroll down to section #4)

Diesel's are more fuel efficient/less maintaince, and hindsight thinking is the Army should have gone with a diesel for the M1.
I believe AFT's are designed for medium to heavy duty diesel engines, like Hummer's, supply and fuel trucks, etc. that will use the new Navistar motors. But that would still mean thousands of Army vehicles to be fitted with the new pumps/fuel injectors.
http://www.dieselpowermag.com/features/0902dp_m1_abrams_tank/