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The Army’s New M1E3 Abrams Tank Is Coming

The U.S. Army is aggressively fast-tracking the next-generation M1E3 Abrams, with pre-prototypes arriving by late 2025—years ...
The U.S. Army is fast-tracking a new main battle tank, the M1E3, designed to be lighter, faster and more survivable — reflecting lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. General Dynamics Land ...
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AbramsX Is No More: Why the New M1E3 Tank Might Survive the Drone Age

Cheap FPV drones and loitering munitions have turned the sky into a kill zone, forcing the U.S. Army to rethink heavy armor. Instead of the ambitious AbramsX, the service is betting on the M1E3—an ...
It’s been about 30 years since the Army welded a new Abrams tank, and it was going to be another decade until they built a new one, when the service sat down to hammer out the requirements for the ...
The U.S. Army is still investing in tanks. In fact, it is requesting $723.5 million in its fiscal year 2026 budget to build and develop the next Abrams upgrade: the M1E3. That isn’t exactly what many ...
The Army's latest field manual for tank operations is loaded with new tactics and procedures for drone warfare. But the best tactic, the manual says, is to shoot them with a tank. The Army has solved ...
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The Trump Administration Must Fight for American Tank Production

Russia and China understand that industrial might, not ultra-efficient just-in-time supply chains, are the key to victory in a future great power war. Does the Pentagon?
In the summer of 1942, the British Eighth Army was losing the war in North Africa. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps had smashed ...