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 a gas turbine ...

The 40-year-old M1 Abrams tank just got a slew of new upgrades that ... introducing an angular turret, British-designed Chobham armor, a new ballistic computer, an early thermal imager, and ...

The US Army’s M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Package Version 4 (SEPV4) is an impressive proposed modernization of the ...

The original M1 Abrams, introduced in 1978 ... smaller subset of features more easily backfitted into the tank’s existing hull and turret. Reducing weight will require thoughtful consideration ...

The M1 Abrams is the current main battle tank of the U.S. military and has ... like a high top speed or a potent turret gun, the Abrams has four different elements that make it one of the most ...

Back in the 1990s I recall reading Tom Clancy’s loving paean to the M1 Abrams, Armored Cav, in which he related that the unkillable tank had never ... sides of the turret. The U.S. Army had ...

such as the reactive armor tiles and slat armor ring around the turret seen on the Tank Urban Survival Kit (TUSK) upgrade. Just like a typical jet aircraft, the M1 Abrams, whenever possible ...

The diet M1 Tank design is a balance ... of interrelated upgrades. The turret is smaller, which means less heavy armor plating. "Reducing the weight on the Abrams, which was really our primary ...

It was in the summer of 1995 when I, an 18 year old recruit, first drove an M1 Abrams tank ... move into the gunners seat is in the turret with the tank commander and gunner to prepare for ...

Elizabeth Cox became the first female Army National Guard Soldier to graduate the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center’s M1 Abrams Master ... proficiency in tank gunnery and maintenance.