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T-14 Armata’s hidden layout reveals a riskier tank

Fresh details from the T-14 Armata reveal how Russia arranged its autoloader, ammunition, and crew capsule. The design ...
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For 40 years, the US military built its tanks one way. The new M1E3 Abrams throws out the rulebook

The United States Army announced that the First Cavalry Division will receive prototype versions of the two next-generation ...
StrategyPage

Armor: How An Autoloader Can Hurt M-1 Tanks

August 16, 2010: For about four years now, there's been an M1A3 version of the American M1 tank in the works. One of the most contentious aspects of this new model is the reduction of the crew from ...
The National Interest

A Tank of Firsts: For Russia, the T-64 was Special

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The T-64 was intended to fit the armor protection and firepower of a heavy tank onto a medium platform. This would, in theory, allow the tank to remain relatively ...
Business Insider

We asked Abrams crew members what they think about Russia's next-generation T-14 Armata tank

FORT BLISS, Texas — Crew members of a US Abrams tank were giving me a tour of their platform on the sandy training grounds of Fort Bliss when I asked them what they thought about Russia's ...
The National Interest

T-64: Russia’s Elite Cold War Super Tank?

The T-64 sported many firsts for the Soviet Union — the first tank with composite armor, first tank with an autoloader, first tank with a smoothbore gun. It was innovative, but expensive, and ...