The US Army knows it needs tanks for effective combined-arms operations in Europe and Asia. But it also knows rivals are building weapons that are potent against the aging Abrams tank. The challenge ...

Deep in the high desert of Northern California, thousands of armored vehicles sit in neat, sunbaked rows, their combined ...

The Army hopes the M1E3 prototype, to be shown at the North American International Auto Show, will be the basis for its main ...

For 46 years, the Abrams tank has been a workhorse for the Army, but in the past decade there have been calls for an overhaul ...

The Army is canning the M10 Booker, a tank-like armored vehicle that the service chose less than two years ago as its first major new front-line combat weapon in decades, officials said Monday. The ...

-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 ...

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The U.S. Army’s new armored vehicle, the M10 Booker, is being introduced as a highly mobile, cost-effective support vehicle for light infantry units. While not ...

In 1994, the U.S. Army dumped decommissioned M60 main battle tanks into the ocean off the coast of Florida. Replaced by the M1A1 Abrams, the tanks were surplus and the service no longer needed them.

Sgt. Zachary Wilson reloads ammunition on an M1A1 Abrams tank during qualification tables on Fort Carson, Colorado. (Sgt. William Rogers/U.S. Army) For steel beasts, the most dangerous habitat is ...