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M1E3: The US Army’s tank 'answer' to the drone age

The U.S. Army is developing the M1E3, a significantly redesigned Abrams tank, skipping the planned M1A2 SEPv4. -Distinct from ...
The Army's latest field manual for tank operations is loaded with new tactics and procedures for drone warfare. But the best tactic, the manual says, is to shoot them with a tank. The Army has solved ...
Fresh images circulating online in late December indicate that South Korea’s military is actively experimenting with new protective measures for its frontline armor. The photos show Republic of Korea ...
They’ve been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. But in just three years of war in Ukraine, tanks have evolved. By Marco Hernandez and Thomas Gibbons-Neff When Russia launched its ...
The Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment has tested using First Person View, or FPV, one-way attack drones to destroy enemy tanks, drawing heavily from tactics that have become commonplace in the ...
Ukraine's drone units updated their points system earlier this month to prioritize personnel hits. A tank kill could earn 40 points in the past, but it now earns only eight per vehicle. Russian drone ...
After they had dominated the battlefields since the days of the Second World War, heavily armored tanks became the preferred prey for cheap, light, and deadly drones. These flying machines are now the ...
Tanks are becoming steel porcupines in the latest round of improvised armor upgrades in Ukraine. First seen on Russian vehicles, bizarre ‘Dread’ armor with arrays of metal rods or spikes is now being ...
The Army has solved its drone problem. What you do is: you shoot them with a tank. Problem solved, right? Not quite, but that describes some of the reaction after the service released its latest ...