Last year, the United States sent 31 of our nearly top-of-the-line Abrams M1A1 tanks to Ukraine. (I say “nearly” because we are already producing the upgraded M1A2 model.) Zelensky had been begging for them, insisting that they were the key to breaking through the Russian lines when Ukraine launched its summer counteroffensive. Well, we all […]
The massive, powerful Abrams M1A1 battle tank looks as though it can crush anything that stands against it. But in the Ukraine war, where nimble drones own the battlefield, the tanks have failed to have the effect Ukraine hoped for when America agreed to send the weapons to them in January 2023, according to the […]
In 2023, the U.S. supplied Ukraine with 31 highly advanced M1A1 Abrams tanks, the gold standard for armor in the world. However, the battlefield has shifted dramatically since that decision. Russia has flooded the battlefield with reconnaissance drones as well as hunter-killer drones, making it extremely unsafe for any vehicle, armored or not, to […]
WASHINGTON — Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack, two U.S. military officials told The Associated Press. The U.S. agreed to send 31 Abrams to Ukraine […]
Ukrainian forces have destroyed more than 360 enemy main battle tanks and at least 700 armored combat vehicles since early October, when Russian forces in eastern Ukraine went on the attack after several months spent in defensive positions, British officials said. While the Russian forces have achieved “minor territorial gains” since October, their industrial capability […]
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