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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]
The upgrade is intended to offer nations already operating the M60 a modular upgrade solution for their vehicles to offer capabilities more in line with third-generation main battle tanks. It was unveiled 17 October 2017 at the Bahrain International Defense Exhibition and Conference (BIDEC).
M60 Sabra United States. 120 mm MG253 gun: M60TM 165 [100] 170 M60A1 tanks were upgraded to the M60TM standard. Some were lost in Syria. [110] All M60T tanks will be upgraded to M60T1 standard under TIYK program. Ongoing upgrade. [111] [112] M60 Patton United States: 105 mm M68E1 gun M60A3 TTS 650 [113] 105mm MZK gun M60A3 TIYK Will be upgraded ...
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 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.
The T-72 main battle tank was licensed-produced in the former Czechoslovakia but after it's 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, 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.
M48A5T1: Turkish modification; M60 tank: M60 and M60A1 using M68, M60A3 using M68E1 [43] M1128 mobile gun system: M68A1E4 cannon; Expeditionary Tank; K1 Type 88: KM68A1 cannon; Merkava: Mark I and Mark II models; T-54/55: in some upgraded variants Tiran-4Sh: Israeli modification of T-54, both L7 and M68 variants fitted