Misleading pic.
Anyway, while an RPG can disable an Abrams with a critical hit, the
damage control and fire suppresson systems usually leave the tank
quite recoverable, that is, if you could recover a 70 ton tank in
an hostile area.
The knocked out Abrams pictures are decieving. What happens when
any piece of their hardware is disabled in a hostile area and
cannot be recovered, the americans have this pratice of knocking
out their own equipment to prevent it from falling into enemy
hands.
Yes, they have that much money that they are willing to shoot up,
call in missiles and drop smart bombs on their own disabled tanks
on a mission over something as simple as an engine fire. In which
case you would get a burnt out hulk like in the picture.
The only very serious damage I've seen caused to the Abrams by
enemy fire was by an IED which flipped the tank into a ditch.
