The M1 Abrams is more than just a tank—it’s a platform of engineering breakthroughs built for survival, speed, and dominance. Its turbine engine, ceramic composite armor, and advanced 120mm smoothbore ...

In 1981, the U.S. Army introduced its new, next generation tank: the M1 Abrams.The Abrams, with its 105-millimeter main gun, gas turbine engine, and revolutionary armor, had a decisive edge over ...

The Abrams has maintained its overall appearance, but under the surface, a lot has changed inside the tank. The original M1, while advanced for its time, possessed much simpler electronics and ...

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 ...

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

The M1 Abrams tank, weighing over 60,000 tons, ... The inside is super flexible, with removable palletized seats. So one day, C-17 can be full of military personnel, ...

And among those troops is a very — how shall we put it — special M1 Abrams tank ready to do its part in a ... and likely doesn’t reflect the actual ASVAB waiver status of the crew inside.

US-made Abrams and Bradleys built for a Cold War battle with the Soviets are fighting inside Russia, ... An M1 Abrams tank in service with the Ukrainian military fires its cannon in the Kursk region.

In the 1980s, it began producing the M1 Abrams tank. With a capacity to build up to 33 tanks a month, the JSMC, on behalf of the U.S. government, currently takes existing tanks and upgrades them.

The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model. Sections. ... She has also worked for Politico and Inside Defense.

A soldier scouts a wooded area on top of a camouflaged M1 Abrams at Fort Johnson, La., on March 16, 2024. (Pfc. Luciano Alcala/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army awarded the manufacturer of Abrams tanks a ...