![]() ![]() The imminent deployment of M60 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges (AVLBs) as part of a $400 million military aid package to Ukraine is one exception. In recent years, Saudi M60s have been deployed to Yemen to suppress Houthi guerrillas, while Turkish M60s were sent on incursions into Syria to battle the Islamic State. Iranian M60 tanks, which fought in the eight-year-long Iran-Iraq War, are still in service today. The M60 saw major combat in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, as well as in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Today, no M60 tanks remain in service with the U.S. The second round must have hit something sensitive because the whole vehicle exploded with a flash.’ The first round went right through the vehicle without damaging it. Corporal Pham explained, ‘I meant to hit the target with HE but was so excited that I forgot. An official account of the 1st Marine Division exploits in the 1991 war described what happened next: Corporal Duchoa Pham, the tank commander, destroyed an armored personnel carrier with two well-aimed shots. In one engagement, the 1st Marine Tank Battalion engaged Iraqi forces firing on an engineering unit. Marine Corps M60A1s participated in Operation Desert Storm, the liberation of Kuwait, engaging Iraqi forces, losing only two tanks damaged by mines. Army, it had lacked opportunities to see major combat. Aside from a handful of M60-derived support vehicles sent to Vietnam, like the rest of the tank-oriented U.S. Army service, replaced with the M1 and M1A1 Abrams series of tanks. Getty Imagesīy 1990, the M60 had largely been removed from frontline U.S. ![]() Israeli M60 tanks fitted with reactive armor tiles look down on Beirut, 1982, during Operation Peace for Galilee. A British-designed smoke-grenade launcher promised quick concealment from enemy gunners, while an air-filter system introduced with the M60A1 provided protection against nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. The dome-shaped turret was reshaped to include 65-degree sloping angles, increasing the effective thickness of the armor to incoming projectiles, while also increasing the likelihood of ricochets. The M60 series included the same hull, suspension, and Continental AVDS 1790 engine, but introduced some important new features. ![]() The result was the M60 Patton, the Patton tank’s final form, which culminated in the 1970s with the M60A3. A new tank with stronger armor was required, as well as a new main gun that showed a marked improvement over the various 90-millimeter guns, all of which had roughly the same performance. In the mid-1950s, NATO intelligence learned of the Soviet T-55 tank, with its 100-millimeter D-10T main gun, larger in diameter and theoretically outgunning even the M-48. The Patton TankĪn M60A1 tank at Fort Lewis, Washington, Exercise Brave Shield, 1979. The M-26, M-46, and M-48 all came into being in a span of less than 10 years. The M48 also included a new remote-controlled anti-aircraft machine gun mount at the tank commander’s station. The new tank, M-48, used a new, larger hemispherical turret, a redesigned hull, and a lighter main gun with automatic elevation adjustment from the U.S. The development of a new tank was authorized just as the M-47 entered service. was locked in an arms race with the Soviet Union, and tank development could not remain stagnant. ![]() Army and Marine Corps, and was exported widely, including to NATO allies and even Iran, which still uses them to this day. The M-47 also included an 18-inch Crouse-Hinds searchlight for night fighting. This was quickly followed by the M-47 Patton II, which used the same hull and main gun, but a new, larger turret, and an improved fire-control system. A slightly improved tank, the M-46 Patton was the first to use the Patton name, and was rushed into service. It was the Korean War that prompted the U.S. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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