The U.S. Army’s M1 Abrams main battle tank draws its power not from a conventional diesel engine but from the Honeywell AGT1500, a gas turbine that operates on the same principles as a jet engine.

When the Army launched the M1 tank program in the early 1970s, it was determined to avoid the cost overruns and failures that plagued earlier efforts like the MBT-70 and XM-803. This time, the Army ...

There's really no denying the high regard in which the M1 Abrams tank family is held. The original model first arrived with the United States military in 1980, a model that would be equipped with the ...