Editing M1 Abrams (section)

====Camouflage====
[[File:M1A1 Twin Bridges training area 2C Republic of Korea 1-23 Infantry.jpg|thumb|left|U.S. M1A1s during the [[Foal Eagle]] 1998 training exercises in South Korea, with their factory single green paint scheme]]
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Some XM1 FSED pilot vehicles and XM1 LRIP tanks were painted with the [[MERDC camouflage|Mobility Equipment Research and Design Command]] (MERDC) 4-color paint scheme.{{sfn|Zaloga|2019|p=6}} Factory-applied [[forest green]] paint gave way to "Europe 1", a three-color pattern, in 1983 at the same time as [[Chemical Agent Resistant Coating]] (CARC) was adopted. Europe 1 consisted of Green 383, Brown 383, and black colors.{{sfn|Zaloga|2019|p=7}}

U.S. Army Abrams deployed to the Iraq War were painted Carc Tan 686A.{{sfn|Zaloga|2019|p=22}} Due to the increasing significance of American operations in Europe, the U.S. Army transitioned most of its vehicles to CARC Green 383 starting around 2017.{{sfn|Zaloga|2019|p=32}}

M1A1s came from the factory with the NATO three color camouflage Black/Med-Green/Dark-Brown CARC paint jobs.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} Today, M1A1s are given the NATO three color paint job during rebuilds. M1s and M1A1s deployed to Operation Desert Storm were hastily painted [[desert tan]]. Some, but not all, of these tanks were repainted to their "authorized" paint scheme. M1A2s built for Middle Eastern countries were painted in desert tan. Replacement parts (roadwheels, armor skirt panels, drive sprockets, etc.) are painted olive green, which can sometimes lead to vehicles with a patchwork of green and desert tan parts.

[[File:Armoured vehicles parading through Darwin on 25 April 2015.jpg|thumb|right|M1A1 in the Australian Army's Disruptive Pattern Camouflage, used for vehicles and [[materiel]].]]
Australian M1A1s are camouflaged in AUSCAM, a scheme that consists of black, olive drab, and brown.{{sfn|Zaloga|2019|p=40}}