- Vietnam Savaşı'nda kullanılmadığı halde, iki M60 varyantı sınırlı bir halde planlı olarak yerleştirilmiştir, köprücü tank ve silahlı münendis aracı olarak kullanılmıştır.
- M60A1 RISE (Reliability Improved Selected Equipment) Passive tanks built after 1977 and all M60A3 tanks were armed with the M68E1 variant of the gun.
- Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank.
- M60 Tank Series Variants M60 Tank Series Variants. M60 Main Battle Tank (MBT) NSN 2350-00-678-5773. The original production model was introduced in 1959.
- Mevcut M60 Tank’larının bir kısmı da Doğu ve Batı Almanya’nın birleşmesiyle Almanya’nın silahsızlanma anlaşması gereği Türkiye’ye hibe edilmiştir.
- The addition of the new weapon would give the M-60A3 the ability to engage enemy tanks as advanced as the T-90MS on a near equal footing.
- Several countries have placed their stocks of M60 tanks in reserve and reduced their tank force as more modern designs have replaced older vehicles.
- The OTCM (Ordnance Technical Committee Minutes) #37002 officially standardized the type as the 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank M60.
- The M60 Patton was the mainstay of the U.S tank fleet in the 1960s and 1970s, before being replaced by the M1 Abrams tank currently in service.
- 105 mm (4.1 in) M68 gun (M60/A1/A3). Engine ... Author: "American M60A3 tank Lake Charles, Louisiana April 2005" by User:DanielCD - Own work.
- The M60 tank series became America's primary main battle tank during the Cold War.Over 15,000 M60s were built by Chrysler.
- Development and History of the M-60 tank. The lineage of the M-60 began with the introduction of the Pershing T26-E3 prototype just at the end of WWII.
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Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Kara Kuvvetleri'ndeki M48 Patton'dan geliştirilen bir ana muharebe tankıdır. Soğuk Savaş sırasında Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Kara Kuvvetleri'nin ana savaş tankıdır. Soğuk Savaş'ta NATO ve ABD'ye yakın ülkeler tarafından kullanılmıştır.
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