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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 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 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.
M60 Phoenix: 2004 Jordan: 182 The M60 Phoenix is a Jordanian upgrade of the M60A3 main battle tank. The gun was replaced by a Swiss RUAG CTG fully-stabilized 120 mm/L50 smoothbore gun, compatible with all standard NATO 120 mm tank ammunition. Arjun Mk 1: 1996 2004 India: 141
There were also diesel versions (AVDS, [1] Air Cooled, V-engine configuration, Diesel, Superturbocharged) for the M47, M48, and M60 Patton tanks, and the Swedish Stridsvagn 104 (British-built Centurions, re-engined with diesel engines in the 1980s).
A US Army Panther mine-clearing variant of the M60 Patton tank. It is fitted with mine rollers and operated by remote control. A mine roller or mine trawl is a demining device mounted on a tank or armoured personnel carrier, designed to detonate anti-tank mines. It allows engineers to clear a lane through a minefield which is protected by enemy ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Specifications; Mass: M60: 50.7 short tons ... and remains in service throughout the world, ...
Upgraded M60 tank Magach 7: 1,600 United States/ Israel: Upgraded M60 tank Italy: Ariete: 150 [4] Italy: 147 C1 and 3 C2 variants. [4] To be upgraded and remain in service until 2035. Ivory Coast: T-55: 10 Soviet Union: Some donated by Angola