A single emerging U.S. Army Abrams tank round is engineered to attack and destroy enemy tanks, bunkers, concrete walls, light armored vehicles and even small groups of enemy fighters — by enabling ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In the 1990s, the U.S. Army was developing a new series of tank ammunition for the Abrams main battle tanks. The new round, designated XM943 Smart Target Activated ...

Key Point: This round could acquire a target and then explode above it. This innovation made it especially deadly but it was very costly and needed further technological improvements. In the 1990s, ...

The U.S. Army is acquiring a new multipurpose tank round which can flatten bunkers, pulverize obstacles, breach concrete walls or take out groups of personnel. And it can destroy armored and unarmored ...

Penetration test photo of the Army's 120mm XM1147 Advanced Multi-Purpose tank round. (Army) Soldiers with two tank crews from the 3rd Armored Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, recently tested the Army’s ...

Yuma Test Center, Arizona. — Deep in the desert here, two Ivy Division tank crews of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team recently tested the Army’s newest 120mm tactical service round. Under 112 ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- After awarding two development contracts in July 2015, Picatinny Arsenal's Program Executive of Ammunition Office starts its new year by preparing to improve the Advanced ...