M60 tank non US-operators are the non U.S. nations that operate or used the M60 Main Battle Tank. The M60 tank entered service with the U.S. military...
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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...
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receiving the M60 series main battle tank. With the disappearance of the heavy tank from US forces came the full acceptance of the main battle tank in 1960...
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M48 Patton (redirect from M48 Patton tank)
replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and was the main battle tank of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War...
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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...
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medium tank design. The U.S. M60 tank fulfilled the breakthrough functions of M103 heavy tank while retaining the mobility of M48 medium tanks. By that...
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M1 Abrams (redirect from Main tank of US army)
Abrams was developed from the failed joint American-West German MBT-70 project that intended to replace the obsolete M60 tank. There are three main operational...
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M3 Lee (redirect from Grant tank)
general Ulysses S. Grant. Design commenced in July 1940, and the first M3s were operational in late 1941. The US Army needed a medium tank armed with a 75...
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generation of post World War II Main Battle Tanks includes the U.S. M48/M60, the German Leopard 1 and the British Centurion and Chieftain. The second generation...
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M24 Chaffee (redirect from M-24 light tank)
The M24 Chaffee (officially light tank M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post–World War II...
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M47 Patton (redirect from M47 Patton tank)
It was the second American tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest...
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(643 tanks were lost in the north and 631 were lost in the south). After the war, to replace Israeli losses, the United States delivered 200 M60 and M48...
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high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) round designed to defeat the T-62 tank, which was the Soviet response to the M48's successor in US service, the M60. The Jordanian...
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M240 machine gun (redirect from FN MAG (US version))
some of the other types. The qualities of the M60 variants vary considerably, such as between the M60E4 and the M60C. The clear winner was the MAG, which...
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hydropneumatic suspension and a coffee maker for the crew. The 105 mm gun of the M60 tank was deemed an obvious choice. The task force's push to reduce weight might...
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announced the delivery of the first 10 M60/A3, one M88, and several other items during a ceremony at Beirut International Airport. On March 23, 2009, the LAF...
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M41 Walker Bulldog (redirect from M-41 tank)
Asia. Development of the M41 proceeded slowly until the outbreak of the Korean War, when the US Army's renewed demands for more tanks resulted in its being...
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firepower. By the time the Type 69 went into production, other countries had already developed much more advanced tanks such as the American M60 MBTs or what...
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A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower...
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M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)
42 imp gal) single fuel tank. Most operators experience an average of 10 mpg‑US (24 L/100 km; 12 mpg‑imp) for an unladen vehicle. The 6-wheel M34 had a single-wheel...
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MBT-70 (category History of the tank)
agreement to end the tank partnership in January 1970. By 1965 the German Leopard 1 and the US M60 were the newest main battle tanks in their respective...
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Leopard 2 (redirect from Leopard 2 tank)
replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West German army. Various iterations of the Leopard 2 continue to be operated by the armed...
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requested the latest variant of M60 tanks to maintain the balance of power. However, the United States responded by transferring used M48 tanks and providing...
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M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck (category Military trucks of the United States)
truck to replace the M38 and M38A1 model jeeps. The M151 was developed to specifications and guidance of the U.S. Army's Ordnance Tank Automotive Command...
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9M14 Malyutka (category Anti-tank guided missiles of the Cold War)
and Rockets of Hezbollah". Missile Threat. Retrieved 22 March 2024. McNab, Chris (2018). Sagger anti-tank missile vs M60 main battle tank : Yom Kippur...
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Gulf War (redirect from Casualties of the Gulf War)
5 January 2019. M60 vs T-62 Cold War Combatants 1956–92, Nordeen & Isby, p.73 "M60: This Old Tank Crushed Saddam Hussein During the First Gulf War"....
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M42 Duster (category Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons of the United States)
nearly 85 seconds of fire time before running out of ammo, and either a .30 caliber Browning M1919A4 or 7.62mm M60 machine gun. The 500 hp, six-cylinder...
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developed in the 1950s, the cartridge had first been introduced in U.S. service for the M14 rifle and M60 machine gun. The later adoption of the 5.56×45mm...
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M728 combat engineer vehicle (category Military engineering vehicles of the United States)
for the crew. It is a heavily armed derivative of the M60 series tank modified to provide a mobile and maneuverable weapon for combat support of ground...
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