Adding Miniguns to Abrams tanks offers the ability to rapidly bring higher volumes of small-caliber fire to bear, especially ...

Key Points and Summary – In a head-to-head comparison, Russia’s new-generation T-14 Armata “super tank” boasts on-paper ...

Key Points – The M1 Abrams main battle tank has undergone significant evolution since its 1980 service entry to remain a dominant force. -The original M1 featured a 105mm gun, Chobham armor, and ...

For months, U.S. officials balked at sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, insisting they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair. On Wednesday, that abruptly changed.

The M1 Abrams tanks will help Ukrainian forces exploit openings in Russian defensive lines, the head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said in a recent ...

The M1 Abrams tank, a heavy armor product of what is now General Dynamics Land Systems but was Chrysler Defense, was developed in the 1970s as a replacement for the Army's older M60 tanks.

The M1 Abrams, weighing 72 tons, boasts a 1,500 horsepower gas turbine engine and can reach a speed of 42 miles per hour. The tank’s engine differs from those in European tanks, which typically ...

The M1 boasts a 120mm XM256 smoothbore cannon, a high velocity – and highly accurate – weapon that can destroy enemy tanks and other hard targets. The cannon can effectively hit targets as ...

M1 Abrams: This Tank Is Old (But There Is Nothing Like It On the Planet) May 19, 2021 ...