The tank becomes combat-ineffective ... detailed his vision of deploying the M1E3 around the same time as the new M30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle that’s currently being developed.

If the effort works to drastically reduce the tank's modernization timeline, it could be applied to other efforts, the Army's ...

Alongside the new tank, the successor to the M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, designated as the XM30/M30, will also be introduced into service. The M1 Abrams tank was developed in the 1970s.