M1 Abrams - Operators

Operators

• Australia – Australian Army: 59 M1A1 (AIM) configuration (hybrids with a mix of equipment used by US Army and Marine Corps tanks, without depleted uranium layers in armor) tanks were bought from the United States in 2006, to replace the Leopard AS1 in 2007.

• Egypt – Egyptian Army: 1,005 M1A1s. Tanks co-produced by the US and Egypt for the Egyptian army. Another 125 Tanks have been ordered.

• Iraq – Iraqi Army: 140 M1A1Ms (downgraded, without depleted uranium layers in armor). Iraq was leasing 22 US Army M1A1s for training in 2008. The first 11 tanks were delivered to the Iraqi Army in August 2010. All were delivered by August 2011. In October 2012, it was reported that six more tanks were being delivered.

• Kuwait – Kuwaiti Army: 218 M1A2s (downgraded, without depleted uranium layers in armor)

• Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabian Army: 373 To be upgraded to M1A2S configuration in Saudi Arabia.

• United States – United States Army and United States Marine Corps have received approximately 8,725 M1, M1A1 and M1A2 variants combined.