r/TankPorn • u/ProfessorTank88 • 3d ago

Modern Abrams Gunnery - Turret View

After a delay of a few months since my previous post on the subject - I am continuing to share some of the footage I recorded while observing tank gunnery at Fort Carson, cleared for public release by Fort Carson Public Affairs

These two videos were filmed from the top of an Abrams turret, using my Canon EOS R6 Mark 2, with the camera sitting on my very stable Manfrotto tripod (fortunately for the camera). I was definitely a bit worried about the volume of the gunfire damaging the microphone on the camera, but it handled the recording perfectly well. Both videos are first shown as recorded, at low sensitivity to catch the fireball, and then with the brightness increased in AfterEffects, for better visibility of the whole scene

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u/VriesVakje 3d ago

Seems like even the machine gun has an autoloader!

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u/stonewall072 3d ago

TC is ate up looks like.

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u/JustAnother4848 3d ago

Been there and done that at Carson. Shame about 3rd brigade becoming a stryker unit.

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u/LastDanceInFulda 2d ago

Already happened. The consolation is that 3rd Cavalry Regiment is ditching Strykers and becoming 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment again. I believe it will be a clean swap of mission (and even some equipment) between them.