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America’s M1 Abrams Tank Is Old But Tough
The M1 Abrams tank series was conceptualized in a post-World War II U.S.-West German collaborative effort to field a joint MBT. American officials wanted to replace the U.S. M60 platform while the ...
M1A2 Abrams tanks from the 1st Cavalry Division participate ... Other modifications within the vehicle will include upgrades to the IVIS system (color display, full size keyboard, digital mapping ...
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The M1 Abrams Tank Has a Math Problem
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 ...
If the effort works to drastically reduce the tank's modernization timeline, it could be applied to other efforts, the Army's ...
You know the M1 Abrams tank is great, but which version would you pick as the best of all time? I vote for the Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 Main Battle Tank as the GOAT. It is so well-regarded that the ...
While the Army’s newest main battle tank (MBT) iteration appeared to have fallen off the priority list for the service, the nearly forty-year-old M1 Abrams tank may be receiving its long overdue ...
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 ...