Despite the Abrams tank’s advanced age and increasing vulnerability to threats such as drones, it has been kept relevant on the modern battlefield by repeated upgrades.

A first look at the M1E3 Abrams reveals how the U.S. Army is reshaping its iconic tank for a lighter, faster, and more digital future.

-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 ...

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 ...

Even after many years, the Army still uses General Abrams’s ideas in its training and doctrine, training centers, and tank units. (4) The Army named the M1 Abrams tank after General Abrams to honor ...

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 ...