Tag: Abrams Tank

Every Military on Earth Is WATCHING: The US Army Reinvents Its Main Battle Tank

Steve Schneider - June 10, 2026

The CRS In Focus report IF12495 explains the US Army’s M-1E3 Abrams modernization program, which is intended to replace incremental upgrades of the Abrams...

Army’s Next-Gen Abrams Debuts

Steve Schneider - January 23, 2026

The US Army is debuting its next-generation M1E3 main battle tank at the Detroit auto show, fast-tracking the program by about five years through...

Abrams Tank Gain Over‑the‑Horizon Firepower

Steve Schneider - December 12, 2025

General Dynamics Land Systems successfully demonstrated its new PERCH (Precision Effects & Reconnaissance, Canister‑Housed) system at the US Army’s MARS event at Fort Hood....

Here Comes the Abrams Super Tank

Steve Schneider - September 13, 2017

General Dynamics has been awarded contracts worth $580 million to develop and integrate System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) for the M1A2 Abrams tank....

U.S. Army is Fast Tracking an Active Protection System for its Armored Vehicles

Steve Schneider - March 29, 2017

In “Army and Marine Corps Active Protection System (APS) Efforts,” a CRS Report from August 2016, Andrew Feinckert points out the urgent need for...

A Major Vulnerability in U.S. Armored Divisions – Active Protection Systems (APSs)

The Editors - November 4, 2016

A video has emerged showing an ISIS-fired Russian-made anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) obliterating a US-made M1 Abrams tank illustrating the disturbing degree to which...

U.S. Flexing Muscles in South Korea

The Editors - September 16, 2016

In response to North Korea's fifth nuclear test, performed last week, the U.S. flew two supersonic B-1 Lancer strategic bombers over South Korea on Tuesday, reported...

Upgrades to Abrams Tank to Give Hunter-Killer Edge Over Enemies.

The Editors - August 26, 2016

Source: marines.mil Marine Corps Systems Command is modernizing the tank commander’s weapon station on the M1A1 tank by developing a suite of systems that give tank...

M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV): “Iceman”

The Editors - June 11, 2013

On December 3, 2009, the Marine Corps' newest vehicle detonated its first path-clearing line charge in Afghanistan. This happy occasion would mark the Assault...