-The M1 Abrams emerged from the failed MBT-70/XM803 programs as a survivable, accurate, fast main battle tank with composite armor, blow-off ammunition storage, and a powerful turbine. -It dominated ...

General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract valued at $150 million to support the Abrams Engineering Program. The Department of Defense said work ...

WASHINGTON — The Army will showcase its most powerful military vehicles Saturday in a parade through the nation's capital, featuring more than $265 million worth of tanks and armored vehicles that ...

From the outside, the M1 Abrams battle tank looks like a bit of a behemoth, and statistics confirm this — the M1A2 variant of the type weighs in at 67 tons, is just under 32 feet long, and is over 12 ...

The modernized M1E3 Abrams is expected to feature integrated armor protection that could include composite materials and enhanced capabilities to reduce its thermal and electromagnetic signatures. The ...

The M1 Abrams is a formidable weapon of war that has been around for over four decades. In that time, the main battle tank has established itself as an enduring symbol of American military might on ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A persistent issue plagues Abrams tank crews during training exercises and at the gunnery range: ammunition jams on the M240 coaxial weapon system. The scenario is all too familiar ...

In the freezing winter of 1944, General Patton unleashed Colonel Creighton Abrams and the 37th Tank Battalion on a desperate push to rescue the encircled 101st Airborne at Bastogne. Driving Shermans ...

Figure 1. General Creighton W. Abrams smoking a cigar. (Image retrieved from National Archives) Few military leaders have left a legacy so powerful that the Army engraved their name into its most ...