The Honeywell AGT-1500 is a gas turbine engine. It is the main powerplant of the M1 Abrams series of tanks. The engine provides a big amount of power to keep the M1 highly mobile in all situations. The name "gas turbine" is somewhat misleading, because too many it implies a turbine engine that uses gas as its fuel. Actually, it is a gas turbine that uses a compressor to draw in and compress gas (most usually air); a combustor (or burner) to add fuel to heat the compressed air; and a turbine to e