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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 U.S. Army has canceled the planned M1 Abrams SEPv4 (System Enhancement Package Version 4) upgrade, citing concerns that ...
The U.S. Army is investing $107 million to improve the survivability of nearly 400 M1 Abrams tanks, an implicit ...
Unlike many other Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), America's M1 Abrams is powered by something more like a jet engine than a traditional diesel engine. Why is that?
The original M1 Abrams weighed 60 tons. The M1A2SEPv2 weighs 71.2 tons. The tank’s AGT-1500 gas turbine engine guzzles fuel at a startling 5.93 gallons per mile, and it has a 495-gallon fuel tank.
The Biden administration has announced it will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine in what Kyiv authorities are hailing as a possible game-changer in a war that is now 11 months old. RFE/RL ...
There are several variants of the M1 Abrams, which can be fitted with 105mm or 120mm armaments. Depending on the model, it can weigh between 67.6 and 73.6 tons.
An American M1 Abrams tank named “Animaniacs” — after the hit 90s cartoon — was spotted in Germany’s Grafenwoehr Training Area.
Item 1 of 2 M1 Abrams tanks and other armored vehicles sit atop flat cars in a rail yard after U.S. President Donald Trump said tanks and other military hardware would be part of Fourth of July ...
The M1 Abrams tank first saw combat in 1990 during the Persian Gulf War. Now, 31 of them will be sent to aid in the Ukrainian war effort. By Olivia Baker • 01/26/23 11:56am ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday said the U.S. would be expediting the deployment of U.S. M1 Abrams tanks for May delivery in Germany as it looks to ready Ukrainian troops for training ...
A M1 Abrams tank fires a round during a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Mar 26, 2018. (Spc. Hubert D. Delany III/U.S. Army) ...