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The MBT-70 failure: Why the US military and Germany split on the "super tank"

The MBT-70 (Kampfpanzer 70) program remains the ultimate "cautionary tale" of military joint ventures. While intended to ...
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Why Does the US Army Name Its Tanks for Generals?

The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but with the British. The United States military’s M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) first entered service ...