The U.S. Army displayed its first M1E3 Abrams early prototype at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, ...

The modern tank is being redesigned around crew survival rather than crew placement. That shift is pushing more armies and manufacturers toward unmanned turrets, automated loading systems, and crew ...

Sgt. Zachary Wilson reloads ammunition on an M1A1 Abrams tank during qualification tables on Fort Carson, Colorado. (Sgt. William Rogers/U.S. Army) For steel beasts, the most dangerous habitat is ...

Britain has been using the Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT) since it was first introduced in the 1990s. Plans to upgrade the U.K.'s fleet of MBTs in the early 2000s, but issues arose, and the tanks ...

To begin with, the Abrams X is a technology demonstrator that General Dynamics used to show what is possible in future main battle tanks in terms of weight reduction, sensory capabilities, weapon ...

Ahead of an attack, a U.S. tank platoon approaches its assault position and establishes a coil. The platoon leader orders her loader to “deploy drone.” Without climbing out of his hatch, the loader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On modern battlefields, tanks command a presence like no other. Their thick armor and heavy cannons epitomize ground warfare ...