M1TTB | The Armata that never was

In the early 1980s an ambitious project kicked off at TACOM. The object of this project was to modernise the Abrams by adding an unmanned turret and an autoloading 120mm smoothbore cannon. Two very different prototypes were developed and tested - the SRV and the TTB. These interesting one-of-a-kind vehicles showed that the US Army seriously considered the concept that would one day manifest itself in the Russian T-14 Armata. But why didn't they enter service?

EDIT: I'm not trying to say anything about the Russians "copying" T-14 or anything like that! Just thought it was worth mentioning as the TTB and T-14 are the only two vehicles to ever have this configuration.

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Chieftain walkaround of the surviving prototype:
Current condition, M1 TTB / Tank Test...

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