Both Soviet-style tanks and American ones like the Abrams have their strengths and weaknesses as seen in the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers, part of an Abrams M1A1 tank crew, recently gave an interview discussing the performance of these American machines on the front lines. They addressed Russian propaganda that ...
He told researchers that the crew wouldn't have survived in a Soviet-style T-series tank, but it wasn't the Abrams armor alone that kept them alive.
Russian social media is running wild with images of an American M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) being captured by the Russian Army fighting in Ukraine. According to these Russian sources (take ...
"But all that weight does give a good deal of protection for the crew," Gentile said. In the Gulf War, the M1A1 Abrams — which, again, was designed during the Cold War with Soviet armor in mind ...
The Soviet-style T-series tanks, like the popular T-72 tanks that both the Russians and the Ukrainians use, are smaller and lighter than the Abrams and are operated by fewer crew members with ...
Although the M1A1 is older, it's still a capable asset ... boasting stronger armor to take more hits and prioritize crew survivability. During the Gulf War, US Army assessments noted multiple ...