Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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. [ 1] Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. It has been called a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank ...
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 a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are several types of ammunition approved for use in the M60, including ball , tracer , and armor-piercing rounds.
range. 443 km (275 mi) Maximum speed. 51.6 km/h (33 mph) The General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) M60-2000 or 120S was an upgrade of the M60 tank. The development of the M60-2000 was initiated primarily due to the large number of M60 main battle tanks in service with many Middle Eastern nations unable to afford a sufficient force of more modern ...
M59A1 carrier, armored personnel, machine gun cupola, f-t, 20-ton; M60 main battle tank, full-tracked, 105 mm gun M60A1 tank, full-tracked, 105 mm gun (1968) M60A1E1 tank, combat, full-tracked, Zenon I/R, Shillelagh, new turret (1965) M60A1E2 tank, combat, full-tracked, stabilized Shillelagh, 152mm
Maximum speed. 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) The M60 armored vehicle launched bridge ( AVLB) is an armored vehicle based on the M60 Patton main battle tank 's hull and used for the launching and retrieval of a 60-foot (18 m) scissors-type bridge. The AVLB consists of three major sections: the launcher, the vehicle hull, and the bridge. [ 3]
M68 tank gun. Front view of a M68E1 gun on an American M60 A3 main battle tank during a military exercise in Nuremberg, 1986. 105×617mm. The M68 is an American 105 mm tank gun. It uses British-designed L7 gun tube and cartridges with an American-designed mount, breech assembly and recoil mechanism.
It will be replaced by the PK-21 which is locally produced unlicensed copy of the AK 103 assault rifle. [ 7] M4 carbine. 5.56×45mm NATO. United States. Used by Special Service Group. [ 8][ 9] M4A1 variant in service. Steyr AUG. 5.56×45mm NATO.
Among the tanks up for auction is a World War II German Panzer IV tank, which is expected to fetch as much as $2.6 million, and an M4 "Jumbo Sherman" Assault Tank, which could go for as much as $1 ...