The M60 remained an infantry mainstay until 1994, when testing began on a possible replacement. The gun’s latest variant, the M60E4, is arguably among the most mechanically perfect weapons of its kind ...

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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 avalanche as ...

Key Points - The M60, a descendant of the M48 Patton, served as the US Army's primary main battle tank for decades, forming the backbone of America's Cold War armored forces with 15,000 units built ...

The M60 had a 105mm rifled gun barrel. Armor was around six-inches thick with a homogenous steel hull. Four soldiers crewed the tank. A 7.62mm coaxial machine gun was used for enemy troops in the open ...

At the beginning of the Korean War, the Americans made a painful realization: Their tanks were inferior to Soviet tanks, both in quality and quantity. The U.S. would need to improve if they were going ...