Abrams
Many of Ukraine’s Western weapons won’t make it to the end of the war if it really uses them, experts told BI.Weapons like Abrams and F-16s have been given in small numbers, so Ukraine needs to take risks to maximize them, they said.If any of them survive the war, “they…
US-made armored vehicles being used by Ukrainian forces are facing a range of Russian threats, from the conventional, like artillery shells, tank rounds, anti-tank missiles, and rocket-propelled grenades, to the unconventional, like small drones strapped with explosives.These armored systems — specifically the M1 Abrams tank and M2 Bradley infantry fighting…
US-made armored vehicles in service with the Ukrainian military are up against an unfamiliar threat on the battlefield, one that they haven’t faced in previous wars.Russia and Ukraine employ small drones strapped with explosives as a way to deliver cheap and effective precision strikes on enemy armor, often damaging or…
US-made Abrams tanks in operation with the Ukrainian military are facing an unfamiliar battlefield compared to their previous wars, as Russia uses small drones rigged with explosives to threaten armored vehicles below.The highly advanced M1A1 Abrams tanks have been equipped with electronic warfare capabilities to help keep these drones away.…
NATO members have equipped Ukraine with plenty of highly capable armored vehicles to take into battle against Russia, giving Kyiv a firepower, survivability, and maneuverability upgrade over the aging Soviet-era systems with which it started its grueling fight.Among the wartime additions to Ukraine’s arsenal is the US-made Bradley fighting vehicle,…
A new contract decision is moving the US military’s world-class Abrams tank in a direction it’s never gone before: after decades of getting bulkier amid upgrades to add firepower and cutting-edge protection, it’s finally getting a critically needed slim-down.Defense News was first to report at the end of May that…
Retired US Army general Mark Hertling pushed back after Ukrainian soldiers criticized US-supplied M1 Abrams tanks during a recent interview with CNN.”That’s BS,” Hertling said on Monday in response to Ukrainian soldiers who told CNN last week that the armor on the Abrams offers inadequate protection and “is not sufficient…
