The team responsible for designing and coordinating the construction of the "M1A1 Hands On Turret Trainer" hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, capping off a two-year design and production ...

General Dynamics Land Systems has completed a fully functional prototype of its M-120S tank and has shipped it to Turkey for demonstration trials. The M-120S was previously marketed as the M-60-2000 ...

GDLS is charged with installing the improved side armor on the M1A1 turret at its government-owned, contractor-operated facility in Lima, Ohio.

The M1A1 Abrams tank has a turret and a 120 mm smoothbore main gun operated by the gunner and a .50 caliber machine gun operated by the commander from inside the tank, Kreiner said.

The M1A1 has capable armor and lacks the critical weaknesses of some Soviet models, such as the T-72's vulnerable turret ammunition storage, which, if shot, can blow up the whole tank in a flaw ...

The performance of the M1A1 Abrams in Ukraine revealed critical vulnerabilities that are now serving as the foundation for ...

Poland's first company of 14 M1A1 tanks arriving at Szczecin on 28 June 2023. ... BAE Systems test-fires automatic turret for ATLAS CCV. Read Article. Solutions. Insights. About. Contact. Request ...

The U.S. Army first deployed the basic M1A1—armed with a 120-millimeter M256 main gun, ... allowing the tank commander to fire the M2 .50-caliber machine gun while safely inside the turret; ...

The M1A1 Abrams began development in the late 1970s, ... making it the world's fastest tank, and it features an uncrewed turret and autoloader, reducing the crew to three.