Latest "Tanks" stories

Ukraine’s allies fail to reach breakthrough on sending new tanks

Defense leaders gathered at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to rally support for Ukraine could not reach an agreement on the provision of new Western tanks.

By Joe Gould and Sebastian Sprenger

11 days ago

US, Netherlands go Dutch to refurbish Czech tanks for Ukraine

The U.S. and Netherlands are splitting the cost of refurbishing 90 more Czech T-72B tanks for Ukraine in Kyiv’s fight to repel Russia.

3 months ago

Army reviewing what types of units the service deploys and where they go

The Army may look to other force packages for deployment, or permanent stationing.

10 months ago

Lawmakers ask Austin to rush Abrams sale to Poland

Top Republicans on Monday made a push to accelerate Washington’s proposed sale of 250 M1A2 Abrams tanks to NATO-ally Poland, which has been pending since last summer, in light of the escalating crisis with Russia.

12 months ago

The Army is making tank upgrades as simple as switching video game cartridges

A new open-standards approach would make replacing or updating capabilities as easy as plugging in a new VPX card — a rugged, standard chip about 1-inch big that’s used for defense applications.

By Nathan Strout

21 months ago

What the military needs after Afghanistan

Landpower will be the decisive factor in any future conflict, say the authors of this commentary.

By John Spencer and Steve Leonard

22 months ago