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The Sabra (Hebrew: סברה, "prickly pear") is an extensively upgraded M60 tank developed by Israel Military Industries. [3] The Mk II version of this upgrade package was used in one of the Turkish Army's modernization programs. The Sabra is known as the M60T in Turkish service. [2]
M60 Sabra United States. 120 mm MG253 gun: M60T1 165 [102] 170 M60A1 tanks were upgraded to the M60TM standard. Some were lost in Syria. [109] All M60T tanks will be upgraded to M60T1 standard under TIYK program. Ongoing upgrade. [110] [111] M60 Patton United States: 105 mm M68E1 gun M60A3 TTS 650 [102]
The M60 tank entered service with the U.S. military in 1960 and served until 1991 and as a training aid until 2005. During this time it was the primary tank of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. The M60 tank was exported to 26 other nations, and continues to serve in a military role in some parts of the world.
M48A5T2: Turkish M48 variant upgraded along similar lines to the M60A3, with an M68 105 mm main gun, passive night vision, an AVDS-1790 diesel engine, M60A3 thermal imaging, M60A3 fire control system and a laser rangefinder. Used mainly for supporting ground forces Turkmenistan: T-72: 702 Soviet Union: T-90: 10 Russia
The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. The M60-2000/120S was a GDLS supplied conversion kit that married the turret of the M1A1 variant of the M1 Abrams to the M60A1 hull of the M60, offering many features of the M1A1 Abrams to existing M60 users at a reduced cost.
FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş. (English: FNSS Defence Systems A.Ş.) is a Turkish defense manufacturer founded in 1988.It is owned 51% by Nurol Holding of Turkey and 49% by British–American firm BAE Systems Inc., and operates facilities located in Gölbaşı, Ankara.
The United States chose not to pursue further upgrades to the M60 tank series after 1978. With its near-term replacement by the Army with the M1 MBT being scheduled to start production in 1980. M60 series tanks were phased out of US service by 1997 and Opposing Force (OPFOR) training use in 2005. Together with the large number of M60 MBTs still ...
The Soviet decision to increase the power of its tank's main armament had come when, in the early 1960s, an Iranian tank commander defected over the Soviet border in a brand-new M60 Patton tank, which was armed with the 105-millimetre (4.1 in) M68 gun, the US version of the British Royal Ordnance L7. [7]