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The M60-series went through a progressive turret design scheme during its production life with four different turrets being manufactured for the M60-series. The T95E5 turret used on the M60 was hemispherically shaped and bore a strong resemblance to the M48 Patton.
For the 120S Project the M1A1 turret and M60A1 series chassis were leased from the US Army. The turret is mated to the existing M60 chassis using an adapter ring that allows the use of the M1A1 wire race ring with no turret modifications. It consisted of a functional M1A1 turret, M1 turret gear box, hydraulic pump and an M1A1 slip ring adapter. [4]
The hybrid electric and hydraulic turret traverse system from the Magach 7C is replaced with an all-electric system. [4] Sabra Mk II / M60T. Unlike the Mk I which used a low-profile commander's cupola, the Mk II retained the larger M60 Patton style M19 cupola with the M85 12.7 mm machine gun found on the M60s in Turkish service. This version ...
M60: 1959 1962 (A1) 1973 (A2) 1978 (A3) United States: 15,000+ 46–49.5 t 750 hp 450–500 km A development of the M48 Patton. M60A2 and M60A3 are sometimes considered as the first intermediate generation. The M60A2 had a new turret housing an M162 152mm gun/launcher. T-62: 1958 [a] 1961 Soviet Union: 22,700+ 37 t 581–620 hp 320–650 km
T95E4 – Turret from the T96, 105 mm T210 smoothbore gun; T95E5 – A T95E2 with a license built Royal Ordnance L7, US designation "105 mm T254E1", never built. Turret design used on M60 MBT. T95E6 – Turret from the T96, 120 mm T123E6 rifled gun, never built; T95E7 – A T95E1 with a 105 mm T254E2, never built. Turret design used on M60A1 ...
Initially, the M60 had essentially the same turret shape as the M48, but this was subsequently replaced with a distinctive "needlenose" design that minimized frontal cross-section to enemy fire. Destroyed Israeli Pattons during Yom Kippur War. The M60 was the last U.S. main battle tank to utilize homogeneous steel armor for protection.
The turret of the M103 was larger than that of the M48 or the M60 to make room for the huge 120 mm gun and the two loaders assigned to it, in addition to the gunner and the commander. The driver sat in the hull. The gun was capable of elevation from +15 to -8 degrees.
It takes 20 seconds for the T-62's turret to rotate through a full 360°, which is 5 seconds longer than the time needed by the US M60A1 Patton tank. [23] The turret also cannot be traversed with the driver's hatch open. Although the tank commander may override the gunner and traverse the turret, he cannot fire the main gun from his position. [21]