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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 General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) M60-2000 or 120S was an upgrade of the M60 tank.The development of the M60-2000 was initiated primarily due to the large number of M60 main battle tanks in service with many Middle Eastern nations unable to afford a sufficient force of more modern main battle tanks.
The T-72 main battle tank was licensed-produced in the former Czechoslovakia but after its dissolution in the early 1990s, upgrade programs were developed both in Czechia and Slovakia to keep their fleets of T-72 MBTs operational and combat capable. M60 Phoenix: 2004 Jordan: 182 The M60 Phoenix is a Jordanian upgrade of the M60A3 main battle ...
The M60 armored vehicle launched bridge (AVLB) is an armored vehicle based on the M60 Patton main battle tank's hull and used for the launching and retrieval of a 60-foot (18 m) scissors-type bridge. The AVLB consists of three major sections: the launcher, the vehicle hull, and the bridge. [ 3 ]
The M60 was the last U.S. main battle tank to utilize homogeneous steel armor for protection. It was also the last to feature either the M60 machine gun or an escape hatch under the hull. Originally designated the M68, the new vehicle was put into production in 1959, reclassified as the M60, and entered service in 1960.
100 Dutch Leopard 2A4 initially purchased in 2007, and 15 more 2A4s were later purchased from Germany as "Logistic Stock Vehicles" exclusively for spare parts. [ 13 ] 20 were upgraded to 2A4M CAN standard in 2010, 20 were upgraded to 2A7 standard and given to Germany in exchange for 2A6Ms, 18 converted into Wisent 2 "Ram" AEVs, leaving 42 ...
In 2017, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence announced that it had allocated 6.6 million USD to develop upgrades for the country's 450 M60A3 TTS tanks. When the upgrade program was announced, the United Daily News reported that the CM-11 fleet would be upgraded after the M60A3 program.