The Washington State Department of Transportation used tanks to bring down unstable snow safely before it could become a dangerous avalanche.

The new tank design featured diesel engines and ... These MBTs, however, will be the unarmed versions of the M60. As Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges (AVBLS), these Pattons are designed to unfold ...

with a new 120mm smoothbore main gun that replaced the M60’s 105mm M68 rifled cannon. The upgrade will allow, “the tank to fire more advanced, high-velocity rounds, including armor-piercing ...

The M60 main battle tank was designed to counter Soviet armor, but for three decades one in Washington faced another adversary: Avalanches. That doesn’t mean tanks were used to attack an ...