The U.S. Army has kicked off a high-stakes competition to field a new generation of light tanks, pitting BAE Systems against General Dynamics. Each company will receive up to $376 million to design ...

The M551 Sheridan was America’s last true light tank: airdroppable, amphibious, and armed with a 152mm gun that could launch ...

The U.S. Army is fast-tracking a new main battle tank, the M1E3, designed to be lighter, faster and more survivable — reflecting lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. General Dynamics Land ...

The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but with the British. The United States military’s M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) first entered service ...