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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

M60 military tanks that ... is located in the front of the tank in a small compartment just large enough for the driver. There was a gunner (who fired the gun), a loader (who loaded the shells ...

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 ...

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 ...