The M1 Abrams tank, an enduring symbol of the U.S. Army’s armored arsenal, is much more than a simple combat vehicle. Its journey from its birth in the 1970s to its modern versions is a testament to ...

Plan Habit—and Where It Goes Next Key Points and Summary -The M1 Abrams emerged from the failed MBT-70/XM803 programs as a ...

The Army Science Board, a federally-sanctioned independent group of experts that advises the Secretary of the Army, recently published an assessment about the future of the M1 tank. It also outlines ...

The U.S. Army is pushing ahead with plans for a next-generation M1 Abrams main battle tank, which the service is calling "M1E3," having now decided to axe development of the M1A2 System Enhanced ...

More than 20 years ago, Jere Gish got a unique opportunity to get inside an M1 Abrams tank. What followed was a profile of the impressive machine and a hard-charging, followed by a hard-braking, ...

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 ...

If It Burns, It Can Fuel the M1 Abrams – When President Joe Biden announced earlier this year that the United States would provide Ukraine with a number of M1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs), some ...

The M1 Abrams is the current main battle tank of the U.S. military and has been in service since the early 1980s, but the first time it saw real combat was during First Gulf War in 1991. While a lot ...

Thanks to the M1 Abrams series of main battle tanks, the U.S. military has some of the most capable armored vehicles anywhere. This powerful tank family has been the mainstay of the U.S. Army’s ...