The M1 Abrams was developed in the 1970s for one primary reason: to defeat the new Soviet T-72, which had rendered the U.S.

The U.S. Army’s M1 Abrams tanks are “not fully ready” for modern drone warfare and have proven “vulnerable” to cheap, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A U.S. Army soldier scouts a wooded area on top of a camouflaged M1 Abrams at Fort Johnson, La, on March 16, 2024. (Pfc. Luciano Alcala/Army) The Army’s already-accelerated plan to field its ...

This article ranks 10 of the most formidable tanks in modern military history, including the American M1 Abrams, Russian T-90 ...

Despite the Abrams’ key capabilities, the older M1 models delivered to Ukraine have struggled to survive against Russia’s more advanced arsenal of anti-tank weaponry. A staggering 87 percent of ...

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 ...