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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 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.
The upgrade package was first offered to Turkey as an option for its tank modernization program and later offered for general export. The Turkish government selected the Sabra Mk II (a further modified version of the Sabra) for its upgrade program, which was intended as a stopgap measure.
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 American license-built M256 has also been offered by General Dynamics Land Systems as part of the M60-2000 main battle tank which would upgrade older M60 Patton tanks to have capabilities of their M1A1 Abrams at a reduced cost, though the company has not yet found a buyer. [citation needed]
M60 main battle tank, full-tracked, 105 mm gun M60A1 tank, full-tracked, 105 mm gun (1968) M60A1E1 tank, combat, full-tracked, Zenon I/R, Shillelagh, new turret (1965)
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
Yet they were cheap enough to be built in large numbers. The first Soviet main battle tank was the T-64A [20] (the T-54/55 and T-62 were considered "medium" tanks) [21] and the first American nomenclature-designated MBT was the M60 tank. [22] A very early model M60 with M48 turret and 105mm cannon. Anti-tank weapons rapidly outpaced armour ...