Ukraine isn't 'one system away from some massive breakthrough,' but there are things it can't get enough of, White House official says

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Ukraine front line
Ukrainian servicemen of Azov brigade are seen at an artillery position as Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Lyman, Ukraine on April 07, 2024.

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Former top US Army general in Europe calls Ukrainian complaints about the M1 Abrams tank 'BS'

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M1A2 Abrams tank seen before a high-intensity training session
M1A2 Abrams tank seen before a high-intensity training session

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Russian vs. Western-made tanks in the Ukraine war

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Tanks are the apex predator on Ukraine's battlefields, with modern Western tanks facing off against Soviet-designed relics. But which country has the power?

A US-made M1 Abrams can be seen opening fire on the Russians in Ukraine's first video of the tank in battle

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An M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29, 2019.
An M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29, 2019.

US Marine photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb

I was a US Army tanker in the Iraq War and a gunner in the Abrams tank built to annihilate enemy armor

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Marines from 4th Tank Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif., roll down a dirt road on their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a day of training at Exercise Africa Lion 2012, April 13, 2012.
M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a day of training at Exercise Africa Lion 2012 on April 13, 2012.

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The US Army needs tanks to win a war in the Pacific, but it knows the Abrams isn't the right tank for the job

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M1A2 Abrams tank fires gun cannon
A US Army M1A2 Abrams tank at Fort Stewart in Georgia in December 2016.

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Tank battles of the kind the Abrams was built for are rare in Ukraine, where tanks aren't often killed in fights with enemy armor

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U.S. Army M1/A1 Abrams tanks from Charlie company of the 464 Armored Battalion are deployed during task force maneuvers on December 18, 2002, near the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti.
U.S. Army M1/A1 Abrams tanks from Charlie company of the 464 Armored Battalion are deployed during task force maneuvers on December 18, 2002, near the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti.

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Abrams tanks were 'built to kill' Russian armor, but Ukraine has its work cut out for it keeping them in the fight

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Three Abrams tanks firing.
US M1 Abrams tanks firing during the "Saber Strike" NATO military exercise in Ādaži, Latvia, in 2016.

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