The U.S. Army is investing $107 million to improve the survivability of nearly 400 M1 Abrams tanks, an implicit ...

Key Points – 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 ...

Anatomy of an IED-Fighting Abrams Tank in Baghdad: Field Report. Reborn as urban warriors, M1A1 Army tanks get new equipment to survive combat in cities.

During the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, several were knocked out by massive IEDs or RPGs in the vulnerable rear armor, others by advanced Russian-made anti-tank missiles such as the AT-14 ...

The Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 rolls off of production at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio. (Army) The first of a batch of upgraded M1A2 Abrams tanks has hit the Army, with more ...

The M1 Abrams tank is one of the largest but also one of the fastest U.S. military tanks ever made. How fast can this ...

The M1 Abrams tank has been in service since the early 1980s. ... Next Evolution Armor, reduction in vulnerability to IED, a digital datalink that allows crews to program ammunition, ...

The General Dynamics business unit is also in contract with the service to supply M1 Abrams tank sight units with containers.

It destroyed Iraqi T-72 tanks in the Gulf War in now-famous tank battles, using highly accurate, long-range thermal sensors able to destroy targets without being seen itself.

The Army is on track to receive its first prototypes of the upgraded M1A2 Abrams tank by the end of September, the branch’s PEO Ground Combat Systems office told Scout Warrior on Sept. 14, with ...

A silhouette of a U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams Tank Crew with the 1st Tanks Bravo Company 3rd Battalion 4 Marine ... which leaves the crew vulnerable if the tank is struck by mines or IEDs.

Troopers assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team (3ABCT), 1st Cavalry Division, stage the first set of new M1A2C (SEP v.3) Abrams Tanks at ...