Summary and Key Points: The M60 Patton may be long retired in U.S. service, but thousands remain relevant overseas thanks to aggressive service-life extension upgrades that reshape firepower, ...

The M60 was a U.S. Cold-War era main battle tank that was developed from the M48 Patton line. The tank was designed in response to advances in Soviet armor. Throughout the tank’s lifetime, it received ...

The M60 “Patton” was a second-generation MBT. I put the “Patton” moniker in quotes because unlike, say, the M48 Patton, this particular make and model of tank was actually never officially christened ...

The M60 series of tanks was part of an evolution that began in the closing days of World War II. The tanks steadily improved and soldiered on, in their final form, until the advent of the M1 Abrams.

In the case of the M60, the “Patton” moniker is put into quotes because this particular make and model tank was actually never officially christened as a Patton tank. But then again, The A-10 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. M60 tank The M60 main battle tank was designed to counter Soviet armor, but for three decades one in Washington faced another ...

During the Cold War, the M60 tank, unofficially called a Patton tank, was the main U.S. battle tank. The M60 was a “product-improved descendant” of the M48 Patton tank. The Flying Heritage and Combat ...