The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but with the British. The United States military's M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) first entered service ...

The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable armored vehicles can be to attacks by cheap, expendable drones, threatening the tank’s century-long primacy on the battlefield.

Tanks may not play the same role in wars dominated by drones, the US Army secretary said. Debates around the future of the tank have been reignited by the Ukraine war. Secretary Driscoll said tanks ...

By late 1967, the M50 Ontos was just about phased out of military service. The Army had rejected it back in 1953, calling it too cramped, too lightly armored and too awkward to reload. Only the Marine ...

Decades after they first rolled off production lines, a surprising number of Cold War tanks are still in uniform around the world. Their longevity reflects rugged engineering, constant upgrades, and ...

As President Donald Trump considers a major strike on Iran after discussions about limiting that nation’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production haven’t progressed, the US military has ...