Another view of the Abrams with the new Metinvest anti-drone armor screens on its turret. Metinvest "After a long and thorough procedure of testing and testing, steel screens began to be supplied ...

The Abrams tank is notoriously tough on logistics. The original M1 Abrams weighed 60 tons. The M1A2SEPv2 weighs 71.2 tons ... The solid green part of the turret is the Trophy system.

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. - As recently as two months ago, approximately 30 M1 Abrams turrets sat in storage awaiting disassembly. Today, thanks to hard work and additional space, a turret can be ...

The German Leopard 2 was first introduced in 1979, one year before the M1 Abrams. Around 3,600 Leopard ... tungsten armor protection added to the turret area, as well as added belly protection.

That’s not to say that the turret is lacking protection — this is still a heavily armored war machine after all — but it does help reduce the weight. The latest versions of the Abrams weigh ...

It was also reported that the United Kingdom would transfer Challenger 2 tanks to Kiev. Abrams turret pierced by T-55’s shell Abrams tanks repeatedly demonstrated their vulnerability during the ...

Here's what the Abrams looked like as I got closer. Approved for production in 1990, the M1A2 weighs 71.2 tons. Its main gun ... the crew rotated the turret, which was incredibly quiet, seen ...

I asked crew members of a US Abrams tank what they thought about ... a capable platform but that its autoloader and automated turret didn't seem practical. They also said the idea that the tank ...

The most straightforward way of making the Abrams lighter is to develop an auto-loader turret. This would reduce the crew size by one and free up space, allowing the turret to be made lighter ...