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The M1E3 Tank Dilemma the U.S. Army Never Saw Coming

The U.S. Army is doubling down on heavy armor with the new 60-ton M1E3 Abrams, asking $723.5 million in FY26 to move it into ...
The U.S. Army is pushing ahead with plans for a next-generation M1 Abrams main battle tank, which the service is calling "M1E3," having now decided to axe development of the M1A2 System Enhanced ...
New video footage from the ongoing conflict in Gaza offers an especially good look at Israel's Trophy active protection system in action helping to protect a Merkava tank under attack. The video in ...
General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $280,112,700 firm-fixed-price contract to procure trophy kits for the M1A2 SEPv2 and M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Family of Vehicles.
An Abrams tank is shown equipped with the Trophy active protection system. (U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The Army installed an active protection system on the M1 Abrams tank and fielded it in Europe, but ...
The Merkava IV’s combat experience with the Trophy APS suggests that implementing such an upgrade to the U.S. tank fleet could significantly improve its survivability. The Israeli Merkava (Chariot) ...
The U.S. Army’s Abrams main battle tank, the backbone of the Army, is in for one of the most significant upgrades it ever received. A document released by The Office of the Director of Operational ...
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) announced today that it has been awarded a competitive award worth ...
The Department of State has approved the Kuwaiti government’s $325 million Foreign Military Sale request to procure sustainment support and related equipment for the legacy M1A2 and new M1A2K Abrams ...