-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 ...

The M1 Abrams dominates battlefields—but its size, weight, and fuel demand may be liabilities in tomorrow’s conflicts.

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 ...

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 ...