February 23, 2021
How Long Will It Take the U.S. Army to Replace the Abrams Tank?
The vaunted and upgraded main battle tank may actually be around for many decades to come.
by Kris Osborn
The Army’s current early work on designing a new Optionally Manned Tank for the future may bring implications for the services’ long-term plans for the Abrams tank, all while also introducing the possibility that a new, lightweight, potentially unmanned high-tech armored vehicle could complement and fight alongside the Army’s Abrams tank for decades into the future.
While any prototypes or actual bending of metal is still likely years away, Army war planners and weapons developers have launched a full-scale exploration into possibilities for a future tank, including armor, weapons, tactics and anticipated future threat scenarios. At the moment, the work is largely conceptual and also being done through design renderings, digital engineering and computer simulations. The Army plans to decide upon a plan within the next several years.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-long-will-it-take-us-army-replace-abrams-tank-178660
