The M60 tank was a classic example of how a progressive ... the United Kingdom developed the 105-millimeter L7 gun. Known as the M68 in American service, integrating the gun into the Army ...

The M60 tank was originally based on the M48 Patton ... the United Kingdom developed the 105-millimeter L7 gun. Known as the M68 in American service, integrating the gun into the Army’s tank ...

The military is researching acquiring 120mm caliber guns for its fleet of M60-A3 Patton tanks amid claims that the current main guns — which are 105mm — are incapable of penetrating the armor of the T ...

mass. The weight of the gun notwithstanding, the M60 wrote an important chapter in the development of military automatic weapons during the 20th century. There are hundreds of examples of “the ...

Israeli M60 tanks fitted with reactive armor tiles ... Initially, the main gun was the same 105-millimeter M68 gun used on the M60 series, but in the late 1980s, the M1A1 Abrams became the first ...

may make it possible to fire the 105mm gun of the M60 tank at the U.S. Army Weapons command test and evaluation range at Rock Island Arsenal (RIA), Ill, where firing noise has prohibited such testing.

The new tank design featured diesel engines and a powerful main gun, elements taken from the Army Combat Vehicle Committee’s enhancements to the M48 MBT. Initially, the M60 Patton also sported ...

The first of its kind in U.S. military service, the M60 General Purpose Machine Gun replaced at least three other guns. Nicknamed “The Pig,” it saw service on the ground, on the water and in ...

Iran bought this M60 tank from the USA during the reign of ... Suleiman-402 is equipped with a 105 mm M68 rifle gun. Through this gun, the Iranian tank can fire shells that can obliterate enemy ...