Key Points and Summary – In a head-to-head comparison, Russia’s new-generation T-14 Armata “super tank” boasts on-paper advantages over the American M1 Abrams, including greater speed and a larger ...

Adding Miniguns to Abrams tanks offers the ability to rapidly bring higher volumes of small-caliber fire to bear, especially ...

The M1 Abrams is crewed by four soldiers — the commander, driver, gunner, and loader. The driver occupies their own compartment situated just to the front of the turret.

The M1 Abrams, a staple of U.S. armored forces, was developed in the 1960s and 1970s, featuring Chobham armor and advanced weaponry.

First introduced in 1980, the M1 Abrams tank has steadily gained weight with each variant. The latest iteration, the M1A2 SEPv3, weighs a whopping 73.6 tons!

A soldier scouts a wooded area on top of a camouflaged M1 Abrams at Fort Johnson, La., on March 16, 2024. (Pfc. Luciano Alcala/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army awarded the manufacturer of Abrams tanks a ...

Ukrainian officials have commended the M1 Abrams tank’s resilience on the battlefield. When it comes to tank lethality, the American-made Abrams family of armored vehicles arguably takes the cake.

The American-made M1 Abrams is considered one of the world’s premier tanks, yet has still proven vulnerable to Russian drones and explosives on the battlefield in Ukraine, which had sidelined ...