Although the M60 was derived from the M48 Patton, the latter MBT series was only considered a “product-improved descendant” ...

The M60 Patton: America’s Enduring Cold War Tank The M60 Patton was ... Feeling both desperate and that a new MBT was necessary, the US Army fast-tracked design and development of the M60.

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 ...

Tehran: Amid threats of airstrikes by Israel and the United States on Iran’s nuclear sites, the Iranian army has incorporated over 50 American M60 ... new tanks has revitalized Iran’s aging ...

Both desired a jointly designed tank model that could serve as an effective successor for the nations’ aging M60 and Leopard 1 ... for a formidable counter-MBT design necessary.