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The M1E3 Abrams prototype marks a shift to rapid acquisition and early soldier testing with a $723.5 million budget request for fiscal year 2026.
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Army unveils a sneak peek of the Abrams tank prototype, M1E3
The Army announced the completion of an Abrams tank prototype, known as the M1E3, this week on social media. Social media accounts posted imagery of the new technology, and one account said that testing would start in early this year. The Army confirmed that the accounts were official. “This milestone proves the Army’s ability to rapidly apply lessons learned and deliver enabling technologies to Soldiers faster than ever before,” the caption of …
These are the first photos of the Army's M1E3 Abrams prototype
The Army just published a pair of pictures this week of the next-generation version of the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The black-and-white pictures are the first glimpse of the M1E3, the next version of the Army’s 46-year-old tank, which has been the subject of overhaul promises for close to a decade, with upgrades for a modern, drone-and-cyber-heavy battlefield. The Army posted the photos on several of its internal social media accounts, and an…
The New M1E3 Abrams Tank Has a Message for the U.S. Army
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Army has received the first prototype of the M1E3 Abrams, marking a deliberate break from the “add-on upgrade” tradition that defined earlier Abrams variants. -The M1E3 is pitched as a clean-sheet reset built to accept future capabilities more like plug-and-play software, while the Army simultaneously experiments with a […] The post The New M1E3 Abrams Tank Has a Message for the U.S. Army appeared first on 19For…
While the world is busy with blazing geopolitical conflicts, a technological earthquake has occurred at General Dynamics plants. As first reported on the Defense Blog website, in early December 2025, the US Army was delivered the first prototype of the M1E3 Abrams. This is not another cosmetic upgrade, but a dramatic acceleration of a program that was supposed to mature only in 2030. The US Army, it seems, has lost patience and decided to get ah…
In 2023, bolstered by lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, the US Army announced its decision to abandon its project to modernize the Abrams tank by upgrading it to the M1A2 SEP V4 standard in order to better fund the development of a new model, called the M1E3. The goal was to bring it into service by... This article, "The US Army is preparing to evaluate the first prototype of its new M1E3 Abrams main battle tank," first appeared on Zone M…
Through the publication of a series of images on social networks, the U.S. Army has revealed small parts of what would be the design of the new generation tank M1E3 Abrams, which is expected to be presented in the near future. According to reports by specialized media, the institution would have already received [...] The entry After revealing the first images, the U.S. Army would soon present the new generation tank M1E3 Abrams appears first in…
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