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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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The extracted context around M60 tank shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, M60 tank → Add-On Stabilization, AOS, ARNG, ARNG Request, AVDS-1790-2A, AVDS-1790-2A TLAC, AVDS-1790-2C RISE, AVDS-1790-2D RISE, Conceptual, Developed, Developmental, ERA, Experimental, Featured, First, Ford Aerospace M51 MCS, Four, GDLS, Incorporated, M162 Another extracted example is M60 tank → Abrams, After, ARNG, ARNG Tracked Vehicle Task, Carl, Chief, Force, FSCM, M1, M1 Abrams, M1A1, M60A3, M60A3 TTS, M60A4, M60AX, M68E1, Mobility, Most, National Guard, No. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 246 structured relationships around M60 tank. Examples in this analysis include 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) and M60 tank → Armor → Upper glacis: 4.29 in (109 mm) at 65° 10.15 in (258 mm) LoS. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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TTTA analyzes the structure around M60 tank to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Standards & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — M60 tank · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout