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The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. [1] Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank.
The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are several types of ammunition approved for use in the M60, including ball , tracer , and armor-piercing rounds.
The advanced Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour on this T-90S is arranged in pairs of plates, giving the turret its prominent triangular profile.. An element of explosive reactive armour (ERA) is either made out of a sheet or slab of high explosive sandwiched between two metal plates, or multiple "banana shaped" rods filled with high explosive which are referred to as shaped charges.
The Ajeya MK2 is a development with ERA and 6 smoke dischargers on each side. T-55 Enigma: 1982 Ba'athist Iraq: 8 41 t 520 hp 300 km Modernized T-55, Type 59, and Type 69 tanks used by Iraqi Armed Forces. Type 69/79: 1982 People's Republic of China: 3200 37 t 580 hp 440 km A further development of the Type 59. Most advanced Type 79 variant was ...
The older M60's (which still used the smaller M48-style turret) were supplied to make up for a shortage of sufficient M60A1s, explaining why the older model has the higher designation. Columns of Magach 6B in Lebanon, 1982. Prior to the 1982 invasion of Lebanon (1982 Lebanon War), Magach 6 and 7 tanks were fitted with explosive reactive armor (ERA
The BMW iX M60 is not the most conventional BMW, but that's ok. We took it on a light road trip and a mild camping excursion to see how it fairs as a weekender.
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The CM-11 is a hybrid M60 chassis fitted with the turret from the older M48 Patton and the fire control system of the M1 Abrams. ... the weight of the additional ERA ...