The XM2001 Crusader was supposed to become the U.S. Army’s next-generation artillery system: a heavily automated 155mm self-propelled howitzer capable of firing faster, farther, and more accurately ...

Half cannon, half tank, the XM2001 Crusader was designed to be more mobile, survivable, and lethal than its forerunners. It ended up being none of those things, and in May 2002, Defense Secretary ...

The United States spent $610 billion in 2018 on defense, roughly one-third of all military spending on the planet—but that doesn’t mean that money is always being used efficiently. Over thirty years, ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: But the Crusader armored howitzer, which also depended on a separate thirty-six-ton ammunition carrier, was ill-timed during a period in which the Army was seeking ...