Somewhere on an Army test range, engineers are working through the earliest evaluations of what could become the first ...
For more than 40 years, the M1 Abrams has been the heaviest fist in the U.S. Army’s arsenal. Now the service is trying to rebuild that fist from scratch. Under a $150 million engineering contract ...
The US Army is preparing the next major evolution of the Abrams main battle tank. Known as the M1E3, the redesigned platform is being developed to address modern battlefield threats such as loitering ...
It’s been about 30 years since the Army welded a new Abrams tank, and it was going to be another decade until they built a new one, when the service sat down to hammer out the requirements for the ...
The M1 Abrams family of main battle tanks is widely regarded as one of the best, most battle-tested in the world. Its combat debut occurred in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, and it's been a ...
The Army specifically requires the new tank series to be lighter in weight than its predecessors. As exemplified by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, main battle tanks (MBTs) are not just military ...
The M-1 Abrams Tank is designed to maneuver under fire and destroy enemy armored forces on the battlefield. The M-1 is named for General Creighton Abrams, a noted World War II armored battalion ...