Editing M1 Abrams (section)

===War in Afghanistan===
[[File:Security patrol in Payawak 120420-M-DL630-028.jpg|thumb|A M1A1 Abrams on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2012]]
[[Canadian Army|Canada]] and [[Royal Danish Army|Denmark]] deployed [[Leopard C1|Leopard 1]] and [[Leopard 2|2]] MBTs that were specially modified to operate in the relatively flat and arid conditions of southwestern Afghanistan. In late 2010, at the request of [[Regional Command Southwest]], the U.S. Marine Corps deployed a small detachment of 14 M1A1 Abrams tanks from [[1st Tank Battalion|Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion]], [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]] (Forward),<ref>[http://www.usmc.mil/unit/1stmardiv/Pages/MarinetankspreparefortheirfirstmissionsinAfghanistan.aspx Marine tanks prepare for their first missions in Afghanistan]. U.S. Marine Corps, 18 January 2011. {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141016001743/http://www.usmc.mil/unit/1stmardiv/Pages/MarinetankspreparefortheirfirstmissionsinAfghanistan.aspx |date=16 October 2014}}</ref> to southern Afghanistan in support of operations in [[Helmand Province|Helmand]] and [[Kandahar Province|Kandahar]] provinces.<ref>[https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/id/61767/ U.S. Tanks En Route to Southwestern Afghanistan] . American Forces Press Service, 19 November 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.</ref>