Mud, sticky rain, and smoke engulfed the battlefield. Visibility was low, and tracers flew everywhere. Friendly fire was not unusual. The American Abrams and British Challenger tanks were scattered in ...

BAGHDAD, Sept. 6, 2011 -- The final shipment of M1A1 Abrams tanks, purchased by the Iraqi government, arrived at Besmaya Combat Training Center mid-August. The delivery included the last five of the ...

BAGHDAD (AP) – U.S. officials say they’ve delivered the last of 140 tanks to the Iraqi army _ a key sale in the American military’s small but ongoing training program in Baghdad. The M1A1 Abrams tanks ...

(HIT, Iraq) — In a Wednesday briefing at the Pentagon, Col. Steve Warren praised the successes of a long Iraqi tank that has become known as “The Beast” for its success taking on ISIS targets. The ...

The Gulf War would solidify the M1A1 Abrams’ legacy as one of the most iconic and effective armored vehicles in modern military history. Named after United States Army General Creighton Abrams, the M1 ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has requested an additional 140 Abrams tanks on top of the 140 it has already ordered under a deal signed last year, the U.S. commander in charge of foreign military sales to ...

The first Gulf War was as relentless and predictable as the tides–waves of warplanes, followed by thousands of U.S. troops, destroyed much of the Iraqi military. The second Gulf War, if it comes, ...

Time after time, U.S. tanks spotted Iraqi tanks through their thermal-imaging sights before the Iraqis even knew the Americans were close. The lethal range of the main gun of an American M1A1 tank ...

BASRA, Iraq, June 5 (Reuters) - A bomb attack against an Iraqi oil storage depot set one tank ablaze on Sunday in a rare assault on strategic southern oilfields, but the country's crude exports were ...