Do tanks have AC?

No wasn’t spec to have as it would cost an extra 200 gals of fuel when it was used.

"Red-neck air-conditioning"- If you can drive with the hatches open, the faster you go , the faster the wind blows and cooler you might get.

Other than that they do have a turret blower ( a fan) and the NBC system works kinda like a fan. They both blow hot air around inside. On a good day they might bring the temperature inside down 40 degrees or so. From 140 degrees to a nice cool 100 degrees LOL

However where M1 tanks shine, is on cold/super cold days and/or rainy days. You have the best space heater , clothes dryer, hot plate and coffee maker in the world (their jet engine). When you stop in the field , crowds of cold ,dirty, wet, hungry, homeless bums (a.k.a.-infantry) from miles around will immediately gather behind your tank , with clothes lines tied to the back of your tank , laundry hung up drying , themselves warming up/drying out and chairs set-up ,smoking cigarettes, coffee brewing and food cooking on the jet exhaust grills, and happy faces all within 3-5 minutes of you stopping.

The spot behind a running M1 tank on a really cold day is truly the meeting spot/and coffee break area of the entire US Army.

I know they have heaters. I envied the tankers when I was in Germany as a mechanized infantryman. Only officers had heaters in their armored personnel carriers. Everyone else had over mileage APC which their heaters were stolen or broken years ago. I knew tankers that never got off their tanks in the field. There are many ways to stay cooler in a hot tank. Furthermore it does get cold in the desert.

To my knowledge, no, there's no A/C. I was only ever in one, though, and only for a limited amount of time.

Well it has air-conditioning however i do not think your definition of AC matches with my definition of Air-conditioning.
Now i will tell you it can be the most fun you have ever had and get paid for it.

Actually, a lot of grunts claiming no they do not. Yet they do have AC coolers for the electronics. BUT the good news is the newest version of the line is supposed to have crew AC and cooling. I guess you will have to look for more information. I personally do find it odd that the Abrams M1A2/3 and SEP variants do not have crew cooling ability. But then again, I guess when the crew does not have any brain cells to fry, it is not really an issue. Go Navy! (BTW, we DO have AC on ships and even real food!) :grin:

BTW if you do want more info on the new generation Abrams, look up Abrams X or M1E3 version as it was just selected for the new Abrams build out. Impressive looking beast with some nice new updates.

I asked my SGT if there was heater on my JEEP. He said Sure, Lieutenant, put your hands on the transmission hump, it gets warm (Ask a stupid question, ...) Thought I was pretty sharp, knew how to start one. Just no one had shown me how to turn on the lights.

Kevin: equally important is do they have a HEATER on those cold, COLD tank firing ranges? Answer: yes. Just kinda sorta like a car. You can even warm up your food ie MREs by putting them on certain parts of the tank when it’s warmed up. Don’t have to use Sterno like a Boy Scout?

In from 1970 to 1978 vietnam to Germany we used the blower mask hose for the gas mask and wet towels to cool off a little 2ad brigade 1975 to Europe first time 2ad went back to Europe since the 2nd world War. I am very proud to be a tanker hope the newer thanks have something for the tankers to keep cool. Hop this helps you out.

Well, I was on an Air Defense system that did have AC. In fact, it was so cold that we had to wear our Field Jackets when we were operating it. What was it? It was the short-lived SGT York, a twin 40mm weapon system. The AC had a small problem, the moisture on the cooling coils would get packed with the dust, and it would overheat and fail. Without the AC, the computers would shut down. It was back when they were making M1s as fast as they could. So they pieced together the chassis from an M48, the engine and suspension from an M60A1 or 2. In the middle of training, they pulled us into the motor pool to replace all of the final drive bolts. Seems the engine was so strong that it was pulling out or breaking the final drive bolts. It also had a 5 point seat belt for the gunner and squad leader. Why? It could do a 180 in under 3 seconds. Google it, it seems like the A10s had fun with them after we were shut down.