Tanks are officially evolving from heavy Cold War-era brawlers into networked, semi-autonomous battlefield systems that are ...
Somewhere around 73 tons, a main battle tank starts breaking things that aren’t the enemy. Bridges buckle under the load.
Gen. Randy George has tasked the service with speeding up the Abrams’ development process. When it comes to the introduction of new military systems, labor shortages and budgetary constraints have ...
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has his "Arsenal of Freedom Tour" in full swing, visiting the nuclear submarine production floor at Newport News, Virginia, and Blue Origin’s space launch at Cape ...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has secured a potential $119 million contract to help the U.S. Army develop 120-millimeter ammunition for the Abrams Main Battle Tank. The company said Wednesday it will support ...
The history of U.S. tank development tells a much bigger story than just new designs. Each generation reflects how warfare itself has changed, from the trench-breaking machines of World War I to the ...
From the outside, the M1 Abrams battle tank looks like a bit of a behemoth, and statistics confirm this — the M1A2 variant of the type weighs in at 67 tons, is just under 32 feet long, and is over 12 ...
Despite the Abrams’ key capabilities, the older M1 models delivered to Ukraine have struggled to survive against Russia’s more advanced arsenal of anti-tank weaponry. A staggering 87 percent of ...