[BengalTiger]

The governor is probably the first thing a crew takes off the tank in case they ever need the extra speed/power.

And the turbine engine is claimed to reach up to 2000 HP when ungoverned.

Sure the final drives and transmission would be about as reliable as those of an early Panther D tank (which is the reason for the 1500 HP limit), but it pretty much makes the Abrams a 63-ish metric ton tank that could rival a Christie in performance.

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XUQ2beGfM

[TheGardinator]

Remember reading in newspaper or online article that in a recent (Maybe 1-2 year old now) Army competition that the Swedish Leopard 2 beat out all the other MBT's in the world and basically outperformed them by 3x the efficiency and speed etc.

Swedish Leopard 2???? LEOPARD 2 IS GERMAN!!!!

Ok now to vote:

I would choose the Leopard 3, if you could vote for him.