The M60 Patton: America’s Enduring Cold War Tank The M60 Patton was a second-generation Main Battle Tank (MBT) fielded by the United States Army in 1960. Deployed at a particularly tense time ...

the U.S. began work on its own XM60 prototype. Although the M60 was derived from the M48 Patton, the latter MBT series was ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The M60 tank was originally based on the M48 Patton tank. During the Cold War, one U.S. Army main battle tank served longer and fought on more battlefields..