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Key Points and Summary – In a head-to-head comparison, Russia’s new-generation T-14 Armata “super tank” boasts on-paper ...
Adding Miniguns to Abrams tanks offers the ability to rapidly bring higher volumes of small-caliber fire to bear, especially ...
The Army and GDLS both have a lot to gain from modernizing the M1 instead of designing a new tank from the floor up. An entirely new tank would likely take at least a decade, with costs in the ...
Despite the Abrams’ capabilities, however, the older M1 models delivered to Ukraine have struggled to survive against Russia’s more advanced arsenal of anti-tank weaponry. As detailed by ...
The M1 Abrams tank, weighing over 60,000 tons, isn't exactly easy to move around, but there is one cargo plane in America's arsenal that makes it seem simple.
In the diagrams, a squad of M1 Abrams main battle tanks aim at a passing drone — which the Army calls an unmanned aircraft system or UAS — and shoot it down with fire from their main 120mm cannon.
Each Abrams tank can weigh 60 tons or more and carry a crew of four. Concerns over the tanks' weight, and what that would do to D.C.‘s streets, ultimately kept them from being used for a parade ...
Instead of traipsing blindly through the byzantine labyrinth that is the regular defense acquisition process to modernize its nearly 40-year-old M1 Abrams tank, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen ...
The M1 Abrams is essentially a heavily armored vehicle built around formidable firepower that includes a 120mm Smooth Bore cannon, a 7.62mm M240 coaxial machine gun, and a .50-caliber M2 machine gun.
GDLS is the original manufacturer of the Abrams main battle tanks. The company is also supporting the Army’s M10 Booker combat vehicle under a potential five-year contract awarded in 2024.