Avco-Lycoming AGT1500
AGT1500 | |
---|---|
U.S. Marines load an AGT1500 engine back into an M1A1 Abrams tank at Camp Coyote, Kuwait in February 2003. | |
Type | Turboshaft gas turbine |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Lycoming Engines Honeywell Aerospace |
Major applications | M1 Abrams |
The Honeywell AGT1500 is a gas turbine engine. It is the main powerplant of the M1 Abrams series of tanks. The engine was originally designed and produced by the Lycoming Turbine Engine Division in the Stratford Army Engine Plant. In 1995, production was moved to the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Alabama, after the Stratford Army Engine Plant was shut down.[1]
Engine output peaks at 1,500hp (1,120 kW), with 2750 lb-ft (3728.5 Nm) of torque at that peak,[2] which occurs at 3000 rpm.[3] The turbine can provide torque in excess of 5000 ft-lb (6779 Nm) at significantly lower RPMs.
The engine can use a variety of fuels, including jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and marine diesel.[2]
Development had started by 1964 with a contract given to Chrysler in 1976, originally as an engine for the later cancelled MBT-70.[4]
In the early 1970s, the AGT1500 was developed into the PLT27, a flight-weight turboshaft for use in helicopters. This engine lost to the General Electric GE12 (T700) in three separate competitions to power the UH-60, AH-64, and SH-60.[5]
See also
- Anselm Franz, lead designer of AGT1500 at the early stage
References
- ^ Stratford Army Engine Plant (SAEP) Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ a b AGT1500 page Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, Honeywell.
- ^ "AGT 1500 Battle Tank Turboshaft Engine". Honeywell International. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "AlliedSignal AGT 1500 - Archived 3/1997". Dept of Thermo and Fluid Dynamics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Leyes, p. 218
- Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). "5". The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-56347-332-1.
External links
- AGT1500 Gas Turbine Engine
- AGT1500 Turbine Technology pdf on Honeywell.com
- Noake, David A. (May–June 1967). "A New Concept in Land-Vehicle Propulsion". Armor. Vol. LXXVI, no. 3. United States Armor Association. pp. 27–31.