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Why the Army’s new Abrams may look less like a tank

“The Abrams Tank can no longer grow its capabilities without adding weight,” Army officials said when they ended the old SEPv4 upgrade path, a decision that set the M1E3 on a very different course.
Test units will soon start experimenting with early M1E3 prototypes, with the Army now hoping production could kick off in ...
The next Abrams is not being treated as a routine upgrade. It is being rebuilt around a harder question: what happens when ...
The U.S. Army is fast-tracking a new main battle tank, the M1E3, designed to be lighter, faster and more survivable — reflecting lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. General Dynamics Land ...
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 ...