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M60 Patton
The M60 is an American second generation main battle tank. It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 series was never officially classified as a Patton tank, but as a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design. The United States fully committed to the Main Battle Tank doctrine in 1963 when the Marine Corps retired the last heavy tank battalion. The M60 tank series became America'
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M60 (Patton) Main Battle Tank (MBT) - United States
The M60 "Patton" Main Battle Tank began development in 1957 to counter rumors that the Soviets were working on a new main battle tank of their own armed with a 115mm smoothbore main gun. With this armament, the Soviet offering was capable of outgunning the latest M48 Patton series, then the staple of the American armored corps.
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Non-U.S. operators of the M60 Patton
Brazil acquired their first Main Battle Tanks (MBT)s, M60A3 TTS and Leopard 1A1s, respectively from the United States and Belgium, replacing almost at once all the already obsolete M41Cs. By 1997 Brazil purchased 128 Belgian Leopard 1s and 91 M60A3TTS, the last of which were delivered in 1999.
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M60 Patton Tank - Military Forces
Military Forces. The M60 Patton is a main battle tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960. With the United States Army's deactivation of their last (M103) heavy tank battalion in 1963, the M60 became the Army's primary tank during the Cold War. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 series was never officially classified as a Patton tank,...
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M60 Patton Main Battle Tank – Army Tanks
The M60 Patton main battle tank is an upgraded version of the M48 Patton medium tank, with a better engine and better armament. In the late 1950s, the United States decided to improve the engine and the weaponry on the M48. The engine on the M48 was replaced with a new AVDS-1790 12-cylinder Continental engine in 1957.
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Main battle tank Facts for Kids - Kiddle
The first Soviet main battle tank was the T-64 and the first American MBT was the M60 Patton. By the late 1970's, MBT's were manufactured by France, West Germany, Britain, India, Japan, the USSR, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. The Soviet Union made MBTs very quickly because it needed them for their type of war.
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M60-2000 Main Battle Tank
M60-2000 Main Battle Tank. The M60-2000 was a GDLS supplied conversion kit, including the gun turret and 120 mm (4.72 in) smoothbore gun of the M1A1/M1A2, to the M60. The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. Along with a new turret, a new diesel powerpack and...
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List of main battle tanks by generation
M60 Patton: 1961 United States: A further development of the M48 Patton tank. Later models(M60A2 and M60A3) are considered as the first intermediate generation. Leopard 1: 1965 West Germany: A main battle tank designed and produced in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Panzer 61: 1965 Switzerland
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List of main battle tanks by country
This is a list of main battle tanks, and other vehicles serving that role, in active military service with countries of the world.A main battle tank (MBT) is the type of powerful, heavily armoured and highly mobile tank which is the backbone of a mechanized land force.
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M48 Patton
The M48 Patton is an American first generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1951. It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman variants and M46 Pattons used in the Korean War, and as the successor to the M47 Patton. Nearly 12,000 M48s were built, mainly by Chrysler and AlCo, from 1952 to 1961.
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M60 Patton
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. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 series was never officially classified as a Patton tank, but as a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design.
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M60 (Patton) Main Battle Tank (MBT) - United States
The M60 "Patton" Main Battle Tank began development in 1957 to counter rumors that the Soviets were working on a new main battle tank of their own armed with a 115mm smoothbore main gun. With this armament, the Soviet offering was capable of outgunning the latest M48 Patton series, then the staple of the American armored corps.
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Non-U.S. operators of the M60 Patton
M60 Patton non US-operators are the non U.S. nations that operate or used the M60 Patton Main Battle Tank. The M60 Patton entered service with the U.S. military in May 1959 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 Patton was exported to 26 other nations, and continues to serve in a military
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M60 Patton Tank - Military Forces
Military Forces. The M60 Patton is a main battle tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960. With the United States Army's deactivation of their last (M103) heavy tank battalion in 1963, the M60 became the Army's primary tank during the Cold War. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 series was never officially classified as a Patton tank,...
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M60 Patton Main Battle Tank – Army Tanks
The M60 Patton main battle tank is an upgraded version of the M48 Patton medium tank, with a better engine and better armament. In the late 1950s, the United States decided to improve the engine and the weaponry on the M48. The engine on the M48 was replaced with a new AVDS-1790 12-cylinder Continental engine in 1957.
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M60 Patton Main Battle Tank
The M60 Patton is an American second generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in March of 1959. With the United States Army's deactivation of their last (M103) heavy tank battalion in 1963, the...
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List of main battle tanks by generation
M60 Patton: 1961 United States: A further development of the M48 Patton tank. Later models(M60A2 and M60A3) are considered as the first intermediate generation. Leopard 1: 1965 West Germany: A main battle tank designed and produced in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Panzer 61: 1965 Switzerland
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M48 Patton
The M48 Patton is an American first generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1951. It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman variants and M46 Pattons used in the Korean War, and as the successor to the M47 Patton. Nearly 12,000 M48s were built, mainly by Chrysler and AlCo, from 1952 to 1961.
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