While the official top speed of the M1 Abrams tank is 45 mph, that’s with a governor installed to save the tracks. -Many crews remove it, allowing the 67-ton vehicle to reach speeds of 60 mph or more.

The Army Science Board, a federally-sanctioned independent group of experts that advises the Secretary of the Army, recently published an assessment about the future of the M1 tank. It also outlines ...

More than 20 years ago, Jere Gish got a unique opportunity to get inside an M1 Abrams tank. What followed was a profile of the impressive machine and a hard-charging, followed by a hard-braking, ...

Tank crews are often required to reach a certain score on gunnery qualifications before they can stencil a name on the main ...

Videos circulated on social media on Monday that showed the destruction of an American-made M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) just days after being first deployed in combat in Ukraine. Russian ...

Will heavy armor still exist by 2040, or be supplanted by faster, more expeditionary lightweight alternatives? Could future alternatives offer Abrams tank-like protection at a fraction of the weight?

The M1 has already been in service since the 1980s and may become the first MBT (main battle tank) design to stay in service for half a century. Technically, some World War II tanks achieved that ...

A driver has died after a tanker crashed into a car that had broken down. Northamptonshire Police said the white DAF tanker ...