Key Points and Summary - Launched in 1963, the U.S.–West German MBT-70 set out to leapfrog Soviet armor with radical tech: hydropneumatic “kneeling” suspension, spaced armor, advanced fire control, ...
It Was Going to Fail: The MBT-70 was a joint tank project initiated in 1963 by the United States and West Germany to develop a next-generation main battle tank. Aimed at addressing the vulnerabilities ...
MBT-70: How U.S.-German Tank Collaboration Ended in Costly Failure The Soviet threat loomed large in the middle 20th century, influencing all manner of U.S. and European war planning, including tank ...
The XM803 tank prototype design, a stepping-stone between the MBT-70 project and the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, was briefly ...
AUGUSTDORF, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 01: AUGUSTDORF, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 01: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius rides in a Leopard 2 A6 main battle tank during a visit to the Bundeswehr's ...
Three main types of Russian main battle tank (MBT) have come to dominate Russia’s fleet in very different proportions compared with the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February ...