Issue #91 of 3D World magazine includes on the CD a free Vanishing Point model fo an M1 Abrams tank, competing with the model available from DAZ 3D. This is a short comparison. The Vanishing Point model includes the commander's M2 Browning and the animatable track system. The model appears to be an Army M1A1. The two turret hatches open, as do two hatches on the engine deck and the shutters on the gunner's sight. The driver's hatch does not open, and only a simple desert paint scheme is supplied. The DAZ 3D model lacks an M2 Browning, although the mount is present, and appears to be an M1A2 with the independent thermo-optical system for the commander. Smoke-grenade launchers are fitted This model does have an opening driver's hatch, and lacked the engine-deck hatches. Also, the tracks don't move. MAT poses for several different paint schemes are provided, but they may not be one actually used. The DAZ model has a longer gun barrel, and the turret itself is longer in a way that suggests a published measurement has been misinterpreted. Comparing the model shows that the extra turret length, without storage basket, matches the shorter model with storage boasket. Gun depression on both seems excessive, appearing to risk the recoilling gun breech bursting through the turret roof. Neither has the M240 machinegun mounted at the loader's hatch. The DAZ 3D model has turret rotation and gun elevation parameters calibrated in degrees, while the Vanishing Point model uses the 0 - 1.000 scaling on the dials. The most obvious difference is in the length of the main armanent barrel. The VP model is definitely too short, compared with photographs and plans, while the DAZ model seems a little too long, but the turret length problem may be a factor. The VP model would look good if the gun were firing--full recoil and the muzzle blast. It's easy to fix with a morph, or magnets, moving the fume extractor and outer barrel forward. In the end, if you want animated tracks, go to Vanishing Point. If you want an M1A2, go to DAZ 3D. And be prepared to work over either model to get the right look.