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1. Otomatic m60 tank full#
2. Otomatic m60 tank series#

The interior layout, based on the design of the M48, provided ample room for updates and improvements, extending the vehicle's service life for over four decades. The M60 underwent many updates over its service life. M60-series vehicles continue in front-line service with a number of countries' militaries, though most of these have been highly modified and had their firepower, mobility and protection upgraded to increase their combat effectiveness on the modern battlefield.

The United States retired the M60 from front-line combat after Operation Desert Storm, with the last tanks being retired from National Guard service in 1997. The United States' largest deployment of M60s was in the 1991 Gulf War, where the US Marines equipped with M60A1s effectively defeated Iraqi armored forces, including T-72 tanks. M60s delivered to Iran also served in the Iran–Iraq War. The M60 also saw use in 1983 during Operation Urgent Fury, supporting US Marines in an amphibious assault on Grenada. In 1982 the Israelis again used the M60 during the 1982 Lebanon War, equipped with upgrades such as explosive reactive armor to defend against guided missiles that proved very effective at destroying tanks. The first combat use of the M60 was by Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, where it saw service under the "Magach 6" designation, performing well in combat against comparable tanks such as the T-62. The M60 reached operational capability upon fielding to US Army European units beginning in December 1960. Hull production ended in 1983, but 5,400 older models were converted to the M60A3 variant ending in 1990.

Otomatic m60 tank series#

The M60 tank series became America's primary main battle tank during the Cold War. The United States fully committed to the MBT doctrine in 1963, when the Marine Corps retired the last (M103) heavy tank battalion. It has been sometimes informally grouped as a member of the Patton tank family. The design similarities are evident comparing the original version of the M60 and the M48A2. The US Army considered it a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank.

Otomatic m60 tank full#

It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959.

Even a polished bar of brass in a pile of shit starts to look golden.The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). I'd call it better than the SIDAM Mistral, but when that's like the 2nd or 3rd worst 8.0-8.3 SPAAG but with some totally fucking fantasy-level gimped SAMs taped on it as its only competition, it starts to look good in comparison. It can work as a tank destroyer if you know where to aim with the 311mm of pen shell, but it's at the end of a painful stock grind where you might as well not use SAPOM and just kill helis until you get to APFSDS. The bad accuracy combined with small shell prox range means that getting kills can sometimes be impossible even on things that don't move. It's still useable, but it really doesn't work on anything but brainless helis that don't move at long range, and jets that don't maneuver or helis that aren't super alert at mid-to-close range. It went from 9.7 to 10.0 to 10.3, it's going to Tier VII (either before or after the SIDAM Mistral) soon, has had its repair jacked up then slightly lowered but still way too high at 10k spaded, they reduced the amount of APFSDS you can carry to 12, nerfed the gun accuracy, nerfed the shell proximity range, made the shells detonate on helicopter missiles but not destroy them so you basically can't kill a heli shooting at you, and raped the stock SAPOM from good to awful to meh, gave it hullbreak, nerfed spalling of the APFSDS, increased the first-stage ammo rack replenishment time, etc. It's been the subject of the whole trifecta of Gaijin balancing: BR raises, repair raises and nerfs, with a single buff to "balance" it out.