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The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. It has been called a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design. The…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| M60 tank | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) (road) 12 mph (19 km/h) (cross country) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Armor | Upper glacis: 4.29 in (109 mm) at 65° 10.15 in (258 mm) LoS | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Armor | Turret front: equals 10 in (250 mm) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Crew | 4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Designed | 1957 | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Designer | Chrysler Defense Engineering | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Developed from | M48 Patton | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Engine | Continental AVDS-1790-2 V12, air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine 750 bhp (560 kW) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Fuel capacity | 385 US gal (1,457 L) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Ground clearance | 1 foot 6.2 inches (0.463 m) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Height | 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | In service | 1959–present[a] | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Length | 6.946 m (22 ft 9.5 in) (hull), 9.309 m (30 ft 6.5 in) (gun forward) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Main armament | M68 105 mm (4.1 in) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Manufacturer | Chrysler Corporation Delaware Defense Plant (1959; initial low-rate production) Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (1960–1983) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Mass | 52.6 short tons (47.7 t; 47.0 long tons) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | No. built | Over 15,000 (all variants) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Operational range | 300 miles (500 km) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Place of origin | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Power/weight | 15.08 bhp/st (12.4 kW/tonne) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Produced | M60: 1959–1962 M60A1: 1962–1980 M60A2: 1973–1975 M60A3: 1978–1983 | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Secondary armament | .50 BMG (12.7×99mm) M85 machine gun on commanders cupola[b] | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Suspension | Torsion bar suspension | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Transmission | General Motors, cross-drive, single-stage with 2 forward and 1 reverse ranges | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Type | Main battle tank | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Unit cost | M60: $481,911 (1962) M60A1RISE: $703,278 (1976) M60A2: $726,712 (1974) M60A3TTS: $1.292 million (1990) | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Used by | See Operators | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Variants | See Variants | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Wars | Cold War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Ogaden War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Grenada Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Multinational Force in Lebanon Persian Gulf War Opera… | 1.00 | infobox |
| M60 tank | Wars | Yom Kippur War | 1.00 | infobox |
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