The M1 Abrams is far more than a tank—it's a mobile fortress of innovation. This technical deep dive explains why it’s still ...

Ultimately, it proved impossible for the XM1202’s designers to achieve the desired balance of firepower, protection, and ease ...

The math for the M1 Abrams is simple: the tank is now too old to keep getting upgrade after upgrade. Still, the tank has had ...

The M1 Abrams tank series was conceptualized in a post-World War II U.S.-West German collaborative effort to field a joint ...

If the effort works to drastically reduce the tank's modernization timeline, it could be applied to other efforts, the Army's ...

The M1A2 Abrams is a formidable main battle tank used by the U.S. Army. Weighing around 68 tons, it features advanced armor, firepower and mobility. Its primary armament includes a 120mm Smooth ...

In fact, the only Abrams lost during the Persian Gulf War ... by buildings and they can be attacked from above, where their armor is weakest.

the M1 Abrams. Every new iteration of the M1 weighed too much for the M88 because of depleted uranium armor rather than steel, requiring two M88s — the more recent M1A2SEPv3 weighs more than 73 ...

In 2023, the U.S. Army announced that it’s canceling plans to update its existing M1 Abrams tank in favor of developing an all-new battle tank called the M1E3 Abrams. The Army observed the ...

U.S. Army is accelerating development of its next-generation main battle tank, the M1E3 Abrams, with the goal of fielding a lighter, more adaptable platform by the early 2030s. Spearheaded by Army ...

Moran is an armor officer on M1 Abrams tanks and M3 Bradleys, with combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the in-house historian for the online game "World of Tanks," and he has a ...