The videos depict Kaluga workers hand-crafting a gearbox for a gas-turbine tank engine—their first in 30 years. The goal, apparently, is to produce a new 1,500-horsepower turbine.

The AGT1500 gas turbine engine works by using an air inlet to draw in air. This air is then compressed, mixed with fuel, and combusted, creating a hot, fast-moving flow of gas.

The Soviet-era T-80 main battle tank, envisioned as a high-speed spearhead for a Cold War conflict in Europe, has suffered staggering losses in the war in Ukraine, particularly on the Russian side.

Army awards contract for tank engines. ... The three-year contract announced Thursday calls for 24 gas turbine engines, and should lead to production of 3,400 units in the coming years.

Chrysler applied its research, knowledge, and experience to develop the turboshaft turbine engine for the prototype XM1 tank, which would grow into the one of the best tanks ever made, the M1 Abrams.

Chrysler applied its research, knowledge, and experience to develop the turboshaft turbine engine for the prototype XM1 tank, which would grow into the one of the best tanks ever made, the M1 Abrams.

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The M1 Abrams, weighing 72 tons, boasts a 1,500 horsepower gas turbine engine and can reach a speed of 42 miles per hour. The tank’s engine differs from those in European tanks, which typically ...

The 40-year-old M1 Abrams tank just got a slew of new upgrades that could keep it rolling for decades. The AbramsX, introduced this week, is a comprehensive redesign that transforms the 1970s-era ...