Intended to function as land ships with the firepower and mobility that could shatter the deadlock of trench warfare during World War I, the first tanks deployed in 1916 were massive, lumbering, and ...
The US Army is now a rushing to make the new M1-E3 tank because 27 out of 31 M1 Abrams were wrecked in Ukraine. They were mainly destroyed by cheap drones and mines. The new tank will have be lighter ...
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 M1147 shell is a “multipurpose” shell replacing four existing types of ammunition—meaning that US tank crews will not ...
Ukraine’s Western allies have promised to deliver more than 800 armored vehicles to Kyiv since the war began. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine carries on, more and more allies of Kyiv are supplying its ...
It is unclear how the Skala regiment will employ the tanks, but the unit is known for taking the fight to the Russians. The Ukrainian Army’s 425th Assault Regiment “Skala,” famed for its success in ...
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 ...
Image Credit: Dmitriy Fomin from Moscow, Russia - T-14 Armata, CC BY 2.0/Wiki Commons. I don't care if you like military vehicles or not, tanks are just cool. And they're not just relics from history ...