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The US Army Says the New M1E3 Abrams Will Be About 25 Percent Lighter Than Today's Tank and Burn About 50 Percent Less Fuel. It Has an Unmanned Turret, an Autoloader, and a Crew of 3 Instead of 4 — the First American Main Battle Tank Since 1980 Without a Human Loader.
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (507+ words) Soldiers were not supposed to touch the M1E3 Abrams tank until around 2031. Four prototypes are going to Fort Hood this year, and to the Mojave in spring 2027....
The M60A3 Patton 'Frankenstein' Tank Has a Message for the US Army and the M1 Abrams
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (513+ words) The M60A3 kept the same 105mm M68 gun, the same 750-horsepower diesel and essentially the same armor. What it got was a laser rangefinder and a ballistic computer, and that was the point....
China Built Its First Army Tank From a Russian Copy in 1959. Its Newest One Has an Empty Turret and a Smaller Gun — From the Same Factory
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (784+ words) Nearly everything about the Type 100 reverses 30 years of Chinese practice: lighter, smaller-calibre, unmanned turret, three-man crew in an armoured capsule, and four phased-array radar panels cueing active protection....
The British Army Ordered 386 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks. In 20 Years Only 1 Was Ever Destroyed in Combat, and It Was Hit by Another Challenger-2 on March 25, 2003
1+ week, 2+ day ago (630+ words) A Challenger 2 of the Queen's Royal Lancers was misidentified as an Iraqi vehicle near Basra and hit with 2 120mm HESH rounds. Corporal Stephen Albutt and Trooper David Clarke were killed....
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: There Is Nothing Like the 5,500,000 M1 Garand Rifles That US Army General George Patton Called 'The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1142+ words) On January 9, 1936, the US Army adopted the M1 Garand. It stayed until 1958, when the M14 replaced it using the same basic operating system. In between it went to Guadalcanal, North Africa, across Europe and through Korea in the hands of more than…...
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The M249 Light Machine Gun SAW Could Deliver a 'Base of Fire' Like Nothing Else
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1340+ words) The M249 plastic ammunition box was the problem nobody writes about. In thick vegetation it announced the gunner long before anyone saw him. I Was A Fan Of The M249 Light Machine Gun SAW – The M249 light machine gun has been in active…...
80 Years Ago Britain Built a Tank to Kill German Panzers. It Arrived Weeks Too Late and Then Fought for 40 Years.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (487+ words) Six Centurion tank prototypes reached Europe just after Germany surrendered. The tank never fired at a Panzer and went on to fight in Korea, Vietnam, India, and the Middle East....
Why Calling Russia's T-34 the Best Tank of WWII Makes Military Historians Break Out Into a Cold Sweat
2+ week, 5+ day ago (556+ words) The T-34 was rugged and simple compared to the finely (often overly) crafted German tanks, but it was this rugged simplicity that allowed it to be produced in the tens of thousands....
I Was A US Army Special Forces NCO: The M16 Rifle Went to War in Vietnam and Failed But That Doesn't Mean It Didn't Get Better
2+ week, 5+ day ago (619+ words) The basic M16 family went through the M16A1, M16A2, and M4 variants, giving the rifle a service life that continues today. It surely improved after the Vietnam War....
The M2 Bradley Killed More Tanks Than the M1 Abrams Did in Desert Storm
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (624+ words) The M2 Bradley was built to carry infantry, not to fight armor. In the Gulf War it recorded more tank kills than the M1 Abrams, the tank it was designed to accompany....