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The M1 Abrams is currently undergoing its most radical transformation since the 1970s. As the U.S. Army pivots away from the cancelled SEPv4 program,...
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The M1 Abrams is currently undergoing its most radical transformation since the 1970s. As the U.S. Army pivots away from the cancelled SEPv4 program,...
Summary and Key Points: Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and PFWA member, evaluates the transition of the M1 Abrams from...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army is aggressively accelerating the development of its next-generation M1E3 Abrams, launching field tests five years ahead of...
The United States and South Korea are pursuing divergent paths for their next-generation main battle tanks. The US Army's M1E3 Abrams is a pragmatic,...
Summary and Key Points: The Leopard 2A8 arrives as a mature, fieldable upgrade: an L55A1 gun, deeper digitization, and factory-integrated Trophy hard-kill active protection....
Two Western tank overhauls are taking very different paths. Challenger 3 is nearer the finish line, moving through mobility and crewed live-fire milestones with...
The M1E3 Abrams is framed as U.S. Army’s biggest rethink of the tank in decades: a lighter, more mobile platform built for sensor-saturated, drone-heavy...
Summary and Key Points: The Army’s M1E3 Abrams is still early in development, but its direction is clear: reduce weight, integrate active protection from...