Armament: 105mm rifled gun, coaxial machine gun and machine gun in cupola Speed: 30mph First issued to the American Army in 1960. The first M-60 battle tanks replaced M-48 Patton tanks stationed in West Germany. No M-60's were sent to Vietnam. The M-60 still serves in the Israeli army with massive armor (including large amounts of blazer reactive armor), engine and fire control upgrades. M-60's (later versions) even saw service in the American military as late as the 1991 Gulf War. They were used by USMC armored units. Aberdeen Proving Grounds A Visit Part 2 Introduction T-54 Main Battle Tank (Soviet Union) BTR-60 Armored Personnel Carrier (Soviet Union) T-62 Main Battle Tank (Soviet Union) BRDM-2 Scout Car (Soviet Union) M-60 Main Battle Tank (U.S.A.) Chieftain Main Battle Tank (United Kingdom) PT-76 Light Tank (Soviet Union) Back to Table of Contents The Messenger February 2003 Back to The Messenger List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by HMGS/PSW. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles covering military history and related topics are available at http://www.magweb.com