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The three traditional factors of a choosing a good tank for its capabilities
are firepower, protection, and mobility. Firepower is the ability of a tank's crew to identify, engage, and
destroy the enemy. Protection is the tank crew's ability to evade detection, preserve them selves from enemy fire,
and keep full vehicle use after comabat. Mobility is being able to transport by rail, sea, or air to the
operational staging area; from the staging area by road towards the enemy; and tactical movement over the
battlefield during comabt, including traversing of obstacles and rough terrain.
Tank design is a compromise between its technological and budgetary constraints and its tactical capability requirements. It is not possible to maximise firepower, protection and mobility simultaneously while incorporating the latest technology and retain affordability for sufficient procurement quantity to enter production. For example, in the case of tactical capability requirements, increasing protection by adding armour will result in an increase in weight and therefore decrease in mobility; increasing firepower by installing a larger gun will force the designer team to increase armour, the therefore weight of the tank by retaining same internal volume to ensure crew efficiency during combat. In the case of the Abrams MBT which has good firepower, speed and armour, these advantages are counterbalanced by its engine's notably high fuel consumption, which ultimately reduces its range, and in a larger sense its mobility.