Ultimately, it proved impossible for the XM1202’s designers to achieve the desired balance of firepower, protection, and ease ...

While the future of the tank as a battlefield weapon has come under scrutiny thanks to heavy losses in Ukraine, military thinking is that many Russian losses are down to poor planning and deployment.

Meanwhile, plans to upgrade the U.K.’s Challenger main battle tank have been impacted ... inform the choices the MoD makes on future directed-energy weapons, according to Eagle.