A tank turret is the brain and brawn of an armored fighting vehicle, housing its most critical functions: the main gun, targeting systems, and a complement of crew. From the outside, it might seem ...
Other highlights of the new tank include a redesigned crew compartment that houses all three crew members in the ...
During the interwar years, multi-turreted tanks were all the rage. Post-war, the British developed the A1E1 dual-turreted tank, which formed the basis for a number of other inter-war multi-turreted ...
The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. But recently the tank was ...
Russian tanks have a design flaw making them susceptible to being decapitated in Ukrainian attacks, CNN reported. Unlike Western tanks, Russian ones carry multiple shells of ammunition in their ...
Aside from the matte gray paint job, the AbramsX looks a lot like, well, an Abrams tank. It’s big, and with a 120-millimeter main gun, it’s bad. Developed by General Dynamics, the AbramsX is still ...
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Key Points and Summary - Russia’s T-90 main battle tank has underwhelmed in Ukraine. -Its low profile comes from a three-man crew and autoloader, but the ammo carousel beneath the turret creates a ...
The German Leopard battle tank is one of Europe’s most important such machines. Introduced way back in 1979, it is still in service in most of the continent’s countries, with around 3,600 of them made ...
In a press release, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence announced that the British Army is getting ready to start building the Challenger 3 tank. British defence procurement minister Jeremey Quin ...