CAMP VIPER, Iraq—Approaching a massive Iraqi bunker system that can hold up to 1,000 soldiers, Gunnery Sgt. Rod Richards expects to face a nasty firefight. Or maybe he will find hundreds of dead ...
A tank turret is the brain and brawn of an armored fighting vehicle, housing its most critical functions: the main gun, targeting systems, and a complement of crew. From the outside, it might seem ...
A single emerging U.S. Army Abrams tank round is engineered to attack and destroy enemy tanks, bunkers, concrete walls, light armored vehicles and even small groups of enemy fighters — by enabling ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: As expected, the Army stated that the light tank will be used to “neutralize enemy prepared positions and bunkers and defeat heavy machine guns and armored vehicle ...
For civilians looking at a tank on display in a museum, it can look all but impenetrable. Unfortunately for those servicepeople who crew them, that's not the case. Engineers have introduced and ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The bid by General Dynamics is a whole new tank and is considerably larger than BAE’s smaller bid. General Dynamics’ prototype features a modified M1 Abrams main ...
Russia's most modern tank has been seen suffering a 'disco head' glitch that sends its turrets spinning out of control while on the battlefield under fire. The bizarre fault has struck the T-90 tank - ...
In Bulgaria, the Ministry of Defense is preparing to auction off a piece of European military history, which has been lying forgotten and half-buried in the ground for decades. Collectors of vintage ...