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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 ...
The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but with the British. The United States military’s M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) first entered service ...
The M1E3 is said to feature an autoloader—the first time that technology has been installed by the US Army, which has historically balked at its drawbacks. The US Army’s M1E3 tank prototype was ...
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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