↑ Pike, John. Lima Army Tank Plant (LATP). Globalsecurity.org, 21 tháng 8 năm 2005. Truy cập on 9 tháng 7 năm 2009. (Production cost of M1A2, upgraded)
↑ “A Company, 3–66 Armor, Abrams (Bumper # A-33)”. TAB H – Friendly-fire Incidents. Bản gốc lưu trữ ngày 8 tháng 7 năm 2013. At approximately 4:30 AM on 27 February, an anti-tank guided missile (probably fired from a Bradley) struck A-33 in the engine compartment. The crew, uninjured, was evacuating the disabled tank when two DU rounds hit the tank in the left side of the hull and exited through the right side. The tank commander, driver, and gunner sustained injuries from fragments. The loader, who was already outside the tank, was uninjured. A-31 crew members assisted in rescuing A-33's crew.; Sketch depicting the path of a DU 120 mm round through the hull of Abrams C-12Lưu trữ 2009-06-27 tại Wayback Machine. OSD.
↑ GAO/NSIAD-92-94, "Operation Desert Storm: Early performance assessment of Bradleys and Abrams"Lưu trữ 2007-06-14 tại Wayback Machine, p. 24. GAO, January 1992. Quote: "... 23 Abrams tanks were destroyed or damaged in the Persian Gulf area. Of the nine Abrams destroyed, seven were due to friendly fire, and two were intentionally destroyed to prevent capture after they became disabled. Other Abrams tanks were damaged by enemy fire, land mines, on-board fires, or to prevent capture after they became disabled."
↑ Michael Pregent; Michael Weiss (ngày 12 tháng 8 năm 2014). “Exploiting the ISIS Vulnerabilities in Iraq”. Wall Street Journal. Lưu trữ bản gốc ngày 10 tháng 12 năm 2015. Truy cập ngày 8 tháng 12 năm 2015. Yet ISIS does not have the highly trained maintenance crews that are necessary to keep these weapons in good working order.
