All anti-tank mines are blast mines, because the goal of the anti-tank mine is to destroy the tank's tracks and as much of its body as possible. The M15 is a circular, steel anti-tank mine that contains a main charge of TNT. It has a diameter of 13.27 inches (337 mm) and a ...
Active protection is a boon to tanks because it destroys incoming rockets and missiles before they actually reach the tank. Such systems provide 360 degree protection, especially useful to protect a tank's vulnerable flanks and rear. Trophy weighs just 1,807 pounds—aboutas much as a Vol...
“Senior leaders come out of the Vietnam War with not much of an appreciation of tanks,” Estes said. Successive commandants failed to prioritize the tank, the author wrote. Commandant Gen. Robert M. Barrow refused to buy tanks during his ent...
Data confirms that the EU is indeed not spending as much—relatively—on defense as the U.S. Think tank the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found that in 2023, the U.S. spent $916 billion on defense, which was 3.4% of t...
Even if you do have a steady survival job and are starting to book modeling jobs, you may still find yourself pinching pennies. The first step to financial success is knowing how much money you need to make ends meet. To find your“make-or-break” number, add your bare-bones cost of ...
The Department of Defense’s chief weapons tester is concerned the Army's M1A2 Abrams tank is getting too heavy. Here's how big it is.
down the plot of A New Hope, did a find-replace to change “spaceship” to “dragon,” and hoped nobody would notice. JJ Abrams/Lawrence Kasdan did pretty much the same thing, only without bothering to change anything. This would have been a much better movie if it had its own plot....
The first step to financial success is knowing how much money you need to make ends meet. To find your “make-or-break” number, add your bare-bones cost of living for one month (housing, food, public transit), then add another 10 percent to that number “because life is always more...