The M1 Abrams was developed in the 1970s for one primary reason: to defeat the new Soviet T-72, which had rendered the U.S.

The M60 main battle tank was designed to counter Soviet armor, but for three decades one in Washington faced another adversary: Avalanches. That doesn’t mean tanks were used to attack an avalanche as ...

The M60 “Patton” was a second-generation MBT. I put the “Patton” moniker in quotes because unlike, say, the M48 Patton, this particular make and model of tank was actually never officially christened ...