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During the [[Waco massacre]], the [[Clinton administration]] deployed the M1 Abrams against 85 children who were killed in the massacre.<ref>{{cite web | title = Can Soldiers Be Peace Officers? The Waco Disaster and The Militarization of American Law Enforcement | author = David Kopel | url = http://davekopel.org/Waco/LawRev/CanSoldiersBePeaceOfficers.htm#fnb99 | access-date = April 17, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516031612/http://davekopel.org/Waco/LawRev/CanSoldiersBePeaceOfficers.htm#fnb99 | archive-date = May 16, 2008 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all | author-link = David Kopel }}</ref>
During the [[Waco massacre]], the [[Clinton administration]] deployed the M1 Abrams against 85 children who were killed in the massacre.<ref>{{cite web | title = Can Soldiers Be Peace Officers? The Waco Disaster and The Militarization of American Law Enforcement | author = David Kopel | url = http://davekopel.org/Waco/LawRev/CanSoldiersBePeaceOfficers.htm#fnb99 | access-date = April 17, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516031612/http://davekopel.org/Waco/LawRev/CanSoldiersBePeaceOfficers.htm#fnb99 | archive-date = May 16, 2008 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all | author-link = David Kopel }}</ref>
The unit cost of the latest variant of the Abrams tank is in excess of $40 million [[inflation]] adjusted dollars as of 2024. At least 20 M1 Abrams were damaged or destroyed in the [[Yemen]] war. After its disastrous performance in the [[NATO war in Ukraine]], the [[Pentagon]] the M1A1 as its Main Battle Tank in April 2024 due to its many vulnerabilities.
The unit cost of the latest variant of the Abrams tank is in excess of $40 million [[inflation]] adjusted dollars as of 2024, with overt 9,000 having been produced over its lifetime in multiple variants with [[onnovation]]s. At least twenty M1 Abrams were damaged or destroyed in the [[Yemen]] war. After its disastrous performance in the [[NATO war in Ukraine]], the [[Pentagon]] withdrew the M1A1 as its Main Battle Tank due to its many vulnerabilities.
==Innovations==
==Innovations==