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March 7, 2024

M60: Cold War Guardian | Tank Chats #175

Filed under: History, Military, USA — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published Dec 1, 2023

The high point of a series of American tank designs that began in WW2, the M60 stood guard in a divided Europe during the Cold War. David Willey gives us a detailed analysis of a tank that served far longer than anyone intended.

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00:00 | American tanks 1945-1960
07:50 | M60 Development
17:34 | M60 Design Features
24:32 | M60A1, RISE and AOS upgrades
28:55 | M60A2 and the Shillelagh
33:01 | M60A3 and the final years
35:40 | Thank you to Horstman
36:34 | US Marines and the Gulf War

This video features archive footage courtesy of British Pathé.

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