Though tanks are vulnerable to low-cost missiles and drones, their crews have adapted and developed countermeasures over time ...

Modern main battle tanks are not built for purely offensive or defensive roles. This episode explains how advances in armor protection, mobility, and fire-control systems allow tanks to operate ...

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 ...

The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable armored vehicles can be to attacks by cheap, expendable drones, threatening the tank’s century-long primacy on the battlefield. The war in Ukraine has shown ...

Military tanks have been a part of warfare since the early 1900s, when necessity drove the innovation of tank design during World War I. Since their introduction, militaries around the world have ...

Despite the Abrams tank’s advanced age and increasing vulnerability to threats such as drones, it has been kept relevant on the modern battlefield by repeated upgrades.