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National Security Journal on MSN13d
The M1 Abrams Tank Has a Math Problem
The math for the M1 Abrams is simple: the tank is now too old to keep getting upgrade after upgrade. Still, the tank has had ...
If the effort works to drastically reduce the tank's modernization timeline, it could be applied to other efforts, the Army's ...
The M1 Abrams is far more than a tank—it's a mobile fortress of innovation. This technical deep dive explains why it’s still ...
While the Army’s newest main battle tank (MBT) iteration appeared to have fallen off the priority list for the service, the ...
The National Interest on MSN18d
America’s M1 Abrams Tank Is Old But Tough
The M1 Abrams tank series was conceptualized in a post-World War II U.S.-West German collaborative effort to field a joint MBT. American officials wanted to replace the U.S. M60 platform while the ...
At the Smolensk Gate, in the Brest-Warsaw direction, we have Europe's strongest armored division, soon with 366 Abrams tanks.
In 2023, the U.S. Army announced that it’s canceling plans to update its existing M1 Abrams tank in favor of developing an all-new battle tank called the M1E3 Abrams. The Army observed the ...
U.S. Army is accelerating development of its next-generation main battle tank, the M1E3 Abrams, with the goal of fielding a lighter, more adaptable platform by the early 2030s. Spearheaded by Army ...
(Pfc. Luciano Alcala/US Army) Instead of traipsing blindly through the byzantine labyrinth that is the regular defense acquisition process to modernize its nearly 40-year-old M1 Abrams tank ...