U.S. Army Soldiers and crew members of M1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, part of 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, ...

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 ...

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, conduct live fire ...

It’s been about 30 years since the Army welded a new Abrams tank, and it was going to be another decade until they built a new one, when the service sat down to hammer out the requirements for the ...

The U.S. Army named its new main bat­tle tank the M1 Abrams in 1980 to hon­or General Abrams. The creation of the tank provides speed, protection, fire­power, and the capacity to succeed in any ...

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 ...

The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but with the British.

The soldier previously served as a tank crewmember with the 1st Armored Division, with access to the Abrams’ functions. An active duty soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, has been arrested on ...

The US Department of Justice has said that that in July, the 22-year-old suspect, Taylor Lee, transmitted a "detailed overview of the documents" about the Abrams tank and discussed transferring a ...

Tanks, like full-grade military tanks, are probably the last vehicle you'd think about when talking about hybrid, fuel-efficient options. They're lean, mean, green machines meant to traverse the ...

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 ...