RODRIGUEZ RANGE, South Korea — For a tank crew, training targets a mere 75 meters away is an unusual experience. When tank units like 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team’s 1st Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment ...

A single emerging U.S. Army Abrams tank round is engineered to attack and destroy enemy tanks, bunkers, concrete walls, light armored vehicles and even small groups of enemy fighters — by enabling ...

It may have the same basic external configuration, weight and 120mm cannon, but today’s Abrams tank is, simply put, far more lethal than ever before due to the addition of sensors, ammunition, armor, ...

February 16, 2024: After two decades of development the U.S. Army’s new XM-AMP Advanced Multi-Purpose 120mm tank round is finally ready to be issued for use by 120mm M1 tank guns. The new shells ...

December 11, 2005: The M-1 tank has finally, oficially, gotten its M1028 "shotgun shell" for its 120mm gun. This is for use against hostile infantry. The XM1028 shell [VIDEO] holds 1100 10mm tungsten ...

It may have the same basic external configuration, weight and 120-millimeter cannon, but today’s Abrams tank is, simply put, far more lethal than ever before due to the addition of sensors, ammunition ...

Penetration test photo of the Army's 120mm XM1147 Advanced Multi-Purpose tank round. (Army) Soldiers with two tank crews from the 3rd Armored Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, recently tested the Army’s ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- After awarding two development contracts in July 2015, Picatinny Arsenal's Program Executive of Ammunition Office starts its new year by preparing to improve the Advanced ...