Teamwork makes the dream work I served nearly 10 years on tanks in every position, from loader, driver, and gunner to commander. It takes a lot of skills to operate different roles in the Abrams ...

The M1 Abrams main battle tank has undergone significant evolution since its 1980 service entry to remain a dominant force.

A Ukrainian tank crew was filmed lauding the Abrams tank as easy to drive and operate. One gunner said he learned to use the tank's weapons in a week, while another said the tank drove "like a ...

Ukraine has been operating a small number of US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks.These tanks are heavily armored, but they are still vulnerable to Russian threats, including drones.An Abrams commander said that ...

What it takes to be a tank gunner I would go on to serve nearly ... I can say that the M1 Abrams series, especially in its current iterations, earns its place at, or sharing the top, of the ...

Elizabeth Cox became the first female Army National Guard Soldier to graduate the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center’s M1 Abrams Master Gunner course ... in tank gunnery and maintenance.

The Master Gunner is critical for any line unit, especially in a tank unit where the Abrams and its military capability is a point of pride and discipline for the tankers who operate them.

The traditional Abrams crew consists of a commander, gunner, loader, and driver, though more recent tanks, including the German Leopard 2, Japanese Type 10, and South Korean K2 include an ...

The Abrams tank also saw extensive combat early in the ... Crewed by a team of four soldiers, specifically the gunner, loader, driver, and commander, the Abrams can deliver the mobility, firepower ...

Underneath the hull, though, it’s a whole new tank. For the potential AbramsX tankers, it’s a whole new setup. In the current Abrams, the crew consists of a commander, gunner, loader ...

The M1A2 Abrams is a formidable main battle tank ... Improving on the "hunter-killer" tank commander-gunner target hand off method pioneered on the German Leopard II, the M1A2 takes this a step ...

"As the gunner destroys targets ... The U.S. Army describes the M1A2 SEPv3 as "the most reliable Abrams tank ever produced," and the M1A2 SEPv4—now in development—as the "most lethal Abrams ...