FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- Soldiers of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment participated in the Senior Instructor Trainer Course at the Advanced Gunnery Training Simulator on Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 9-13., ...
The US Army's tank proficiency has fallen after two decades of counterinsurgency warfare. "Many crews struggle with the basics of tank gunnery," an armor expert wrote. The Army is refocusing on ...
Jay Tenison’s last ride started on Reddit, of all places. “I’m dying from stage IV stomach cancer. My wish is to do tank gunnery one last time,” read the title of his October 2022 post. The former ...
The Army is standardizing the way crews of Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles keep up with their combat skills. Brigades with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia have taken the ...
BOISE — The thunderous boom of 120-mm tank rounds echoed across the Idaho training ranges one final time as the La Grande-based Oregon Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment fired ...
The US Army may have the best tanks in the world. But it has a problem: its tank gunners are rusty. "A gap exists today between the capabilities of tank weapon systems and the ability of crews to ...