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 M1 Abrams was developed in the 1970s for one primary reason: to defeat the new Soviet T-72, which had rendered the U.S. Army’s aging M60 “Patton” tank obsolete. -Chrysler won the $4.9 billion ...

Key Points and Summary - An expert ranks the top five tanks in U.S. Army history, crowning the M1 Abrams as the undisputed king. -The Abrams' complete dominance over Iraqi T-72s in the Gulf War ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The M60 tank was originally based on the M48 Patton tank. During the Cold War, one U.S. Army main battle tank served longer and fought on more battlefields... Here’s ...

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 ...

When conjuring military tanks, images of powerful, armored vehicles come to mind — machines designed to withstand the harshest combat conditions and deliver formidable firepower. That said, you still ...

The first 85 tanks will be powered by a South Korean-made engine and transmission, while subsequent units will transition to ...