Intended to function as land ships with the firepower and mobility that could shatter the deadlock of trench warfare during World War I, the first tanks deployed in 1916 were massive, lumbering, and ...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, soon entering its fourth year, tensions between Russia and the West are increasing as well. The Trump administration has reportedly drafted a 28-point plan ...

From the outside, the M1 Abrams battle tank looks like a bit of a behemoth, and statistics confirm this — the M1A2 variant of the type weighs in at 67 tons, is just under 32 feet long, and is over 12 ...

Even after many years, the Army still uses General Abrams’s ideas in its training and doctrine, training centers, and tank units. (4) The Army named the M1 Abrams tank after General Abrams to honor ...

Despite the Abrams’ key capabilities, the older M1 models delivered to Ukraine have struggled to survive against Russia’s more advanced arsenal of anti-tank weaponry. A staggering 87 percent of ...

Figure 1. General Creighton W. Abrams smoking a cigar. (Image retrieved from National Archives) Few military leaders have left a legacy so powerful that the Army engraved their name into its most ...