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The MBT-70 failure: Why the US military and Germany split on the "super tank"
The MBT-70 (Kampfpanzer 70) program remains the ultimate "cautionary tale" of military joint ventures. While intended to produce a singular "super tank" to dominate the Fulda Gap, the divergence in ...
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Super armor failure: Why the US Army said no to the M1 SEPv4 Abrams tank
The cancellation of the SEPv4 and the M10 Booker marks the end of the "Armor-at-any-cost" era. In the 2026 combat landscape, a tank that cannot cross a bridge in Ukraine or be airdropped into a ...
Despite the Abrams tank’s advanced age and increasing vulnerability to threats such as drones, it has been kept relevant on the modern battlefield by repeated upgrades. The United States military’s M1 ...
The US Army is now a rushing to make the new M1-E3 tank because 27 out of 31 M1 Abrams were wrecked in Ukraine. They were mainly destroyed by cheap drones and mines. The new tank will have be lighter ...
The M1 Abrams family of main battle tanks is widely regarded as one of the best, most battle-tested in the world. Its combat debut occurred in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, and it's been a ...
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