Tank M60 Review American main combat tank photo. Main Combat Tank US M60 Patton Kakov Standard Tank Overview M60

08.10.2020

The development of the M60 tank was launched in February 1957, an incentive to start work was the appearance of T-54 Tank, who was superior to American M48 in all indicators in the Soviet tank troops.
In March 1959, the first version of the tank was ready, classified as M60, the standard "A". The contract for the production of the first 180 cars The US Department of Defense signed with Chrysler in June 1959, and after two months the following contract for 720 cars was signed.

The M60 tank completes the development line of American average tanks M26, M46, M47 and M48. Many technical solutions M60 is borrowed by Y M48A2 designers, and a number of parts and nodes of these tanks are interchangeable. The main layout solutions remained unchanged. This is explained by the desire to use the equipment of factories producing Tank M48A2.
At the same time, the M60 Tank is significantly different from its predecessor in armament, power installation and booking.
Booking Tank M60 is reinforced primarily by increasing the thickness of armor in the most vulnerable places. This method is also used to enhance armor protection, as the location of armor parts with large tilt angles to the vertical. This applies to both the housing of the tank and its tower.

The M60 tank is armed with an English cutting 105-mm gun L7, standardized in the US under the brand M68 and manufactured there under a license.
The design of the shutter, anti-type devices and the installation of the gun in the tower are made on the m48 tank. The ejection device for removing the powder gases is shifted to the middle part of the barrel. The muzzle brake is absent. A quick replacement of the trunk of guns in field conditions is provided.
The mechanisms for guidance with electro-hydraulic drives are borrowed from the M48 tank without significant changes.
In the gun ammunition guns enter unitary charges with a flashing device with furnishings of five types: M392 armor-piercing shell, capable of punching a homogeneous armor with a thickness of up to 120 mm for a distance of 2000 m at an angle of meeting 60 °, a cumulative projectile M456, armor-powered m393 , Projectile with ready-made swallowing slaughter elements M494 and smoke gear M416.
The bulktack of the tanks of the first series consists of 60 shots (in M60A1 (A3) - 63 shots) and placed in the onboard niches of the housing, in the left side of the tower and in the nose part of the case. Punching is done manually using the mechanism of the shot speed.

For the gunner there is a new periscopic sight with variable zoom (from 8 to 1). The gun for the machine gun is made separately, but its grid is projected into the field of view of the main sight. The second flooring device is a telescopic hinge sight with a similar zoom range. Sight for night shooting (infrared) is combined in one case with a periscopic sight. A spotlight is attached to the gun mask, which can illuminate the terrain with ordinary light and infrared beams.

For the commander under the roof of the tower there is a monocular non-destroying sight-ranger. Unlike stereoscopic (on M48), Y which is determined by the range of two images, the monocular rangefinder is simpler when working with it does not need good vision and long-term training.
The ballistic calculator acts on the grid of the sight and sight-rangefinder and automatically sets them to a position corresponding to the measured range. The special sensor automatically makes aimed at derivation, pararallax hit, the loss of initial speed (due to wear), the slope of the track, the external temperature.
For the commander there is a second guide control mechanisms. The commander has its own fire control system and can make a shot instead of a gunner.

Tank machine gun is presented with a 7.62-mm caliber machine gun and a universal 6.7 mm caliber machine gun installed on a commander turret. For shooting from this machine gun, a periscopic sight is provided (in the roof of the turret) and simple guidance mechanisms resulting from hand. Machine guns have shortened trement boxes And replaceable trunks.
For the first time in the post-war American tank construction on the Tank M60 installed diesel engine - 12-cylinder, V-shaped Diesel with a turbocharger AVDS-1790-2 Continental firms. The engine has an air cooling system, its power is 750 liters. from. at 2400 rpm. To start the engine under conditions of low temperatures, there is a heater with a forced air supply. Running the engine by electrostarter is provided at temperatures up to -30 ° C.
The hydromechanical transmission CD 850-6 type "Cross-Drive" type CD 850-6, consisting of a hydrotransformer, a three-stage planetary gearbox and multi-phase planetary differential rotation mechanism.
The M60 tank suspension is similar to the M48A2 tank suspension, but some changes are made to its design.

Supporting rollers (except extreme), supporting rollers and drive wheels are made of aluminum alloy. Brackets of balancing rollers and balancing limiters are welded to the body.
Shock absorbers in M60 tanks are not installed, extreme support rollers have spring balancing stoppers. Used torsion shafts are tougher than in M48 tanks. A rubber-metal hinge crawler has a width of 710 mm.
The production of the M60 tank in its initial performance continued only 2 years and already in 1962. From conveyors began to go the M60A1 tanks, which have become the main tanks of American armored connections for a long time.

The tank of this modification has a tower of a new design that provides better anti-false resistance. To improve the accuracy of firing, the gun is equipped with an electro-hydraulic stabilization system in two targeting planes. Its ammunition is increased by 3 shots. Since 1975, the M60A1 serial tanks began to establish a new AVDS-1790-2G RISE diesel engine, characterized by high power and increased service life.

The M60A1 tank was in production until 1980 and was replaced by the following modification of M60A3 (M60A2 modification is a rocket tank), which is mainly highly increased shooting accuracy due to the stabilization of the gun and the introduction of an improved fire control system, including the AN / WG laser range finder -2 and electronic ballistic calculator M21.
In overseas printing, it was noted that the probability of hitting a fixed target (measuring 2.3x2.3 m) for a distance of 2000 m at the M60AZ tank is about 70 percent, while M60A1-23 percent.
The Passive Night Powder Sight is replaced by an AN / VSG-2 thermal imaging sight, which has better characteristics and allowing to detect targets on large ranges.
Instead of unreliable paired with a gun of 7.62 mm M219 machine gun installed a Belgian machine gun of the same caliber (received the designation M240). A heat-insulating case will be put on the trunk of the cannons.
M239 grenade launches mounted on the front of the tower mounted on the front of the tower, and the thermal instrument (in the exhaust engine of the engine, fuel) can be used.
The tank is equipped with a filtering installation, an automatic fire extinguishing system and radio communications.

Until 1982, it was planned to produce 1696 new M60A3 tanks and modify to their level of 1,700 M60A1 troops.
M60 tanks were exported to many countries in the world, including: Israel (1400 machines of different modifications), Egypt (700 M60A1 and 753 M60A3), Iran (about 200 M60A1), Italy (300 M60A1), Saudi Arabia (about 250 m60A3), Australia (170 m60A3) and other countries.
In some of these countries, tanks passed upgrades, significantly improved their combat properties. For example, in Israel, sets of dynamic protection sets, which made it almost invulnerable from the "Baby" and cumulative mines of RPG-7, were established to increase security for the tank.

The chassis of the M60 tank was used to create a number of combat and auxiliary machines, including the engineering machine of the M728 (312 units) and the AVLB bridge (400 units were released). The M728 machine is equipped with a bulldozer dump and armed with a 165-mm short-power gun, in whose ammunition there are projectiles intended for undermining a different kind of barriers. The weight of the car is 52.1 tons.

Specifications M60 Tank:
Crew, people: 4;
Mass combat, kg: 49714;
Overall dimensions, mm: Case length - 6947, length with a gun forward - 9309, width - 3632, height - 3213, clearance - 390;
Booking, mm: steel armor homogeneous, housing forehead - 85 ... 143, hull board - 36 ... 74, body feed - 25 ... 41, bottom - 13 ... 19, tower - 24 ... 178;
Armament: 105 mm gun M68, 7.62-mm coaxial machine gun M73, 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun M85;
Engine: AVDS-1790-2A 12-cylinder, V-shaped turbocharging diesel;
Engine power, l. S.: 750;
Speed \u200b\u200bon the highway, km / h: 48;
Highway reserve, km: 480;
Specific power, l. p. / t: 15,6;
Overcome obstacles: wall, m - 0,914; Max. an angle of lifting,% - 60; roll,% - 30; ditch, m - 2.59; Brod, M - 1,219; Brod (with preparation), m - 2,438

27-02-2017, 13:54

Hello everyone, dear friends! Today in the guide, we will consider another unique tank from all sides, which was given only for the game on the global map. On our portal there are already guides by software, which means it is time to disassemble a special American average tank level 10 - in front of you by Hyde M60!

In fact, M60 World Of Tanks It is an analogue of the studied middle tank level 10 - which appeared in our game for quite a long time and in the course of the article we periodically compare these brothers by nation. And now let's start to get acquainted with today's guests closer.

About tank

American M60 Tank It is unique, which means that it can transplant the crew from any American middle tank without a fine and have an additional experience of the crew following any fight, in general, everything is like premium technology, only without additional pharmacies of loans.

Looking at M60 in WOT.You can easily see the old good patton, visual differences are that the M60 has a searchlight on the tower and a slightly modified body shape. We hope that in the future he will be replaced by the tower and we will have M60A1 in the game. Differences in TTX are also a bit and they cannot do from M60 new tank, but only make an improved analogue, but about everything in order.

TTX M60 in World of Tanks

In the update of 1.0.1 M60, it was very well approved and a good excellent gameplay was obtained from M48A5 tank.

As it should be, we will begin to get acquainted with the car with the fact that our American has a standard storage margin of strokes, as well as an incredibly good basic range of 420 meters.

Booking M60

Regarding the booking parmeters, everything is not bad, but you can't call this car really strong. Let's start with the fact that M60 Characteristics Booking Lba Corps is worse than his pumpable fellow. In other words, the VLD in the shift reaches approximately 230 millimeters, which is not so bad, but the tenth-level technique makes himself without any problems.

Tower W. M60 WORLD OF TANKS Booked better, but it is only if you look at naked numbers. Despite the fact that this element of the tank has a rounded shape, yet the tilt of the armor here is smaller, and in the forehead, most of the tower has a thickness too in the region of 230 mm, but in the smallest places this value grows up to about 300 millimeters, that is, ricoes possible. However, it still needs to be remembered about a huge and very vulnerable commander turret, which will be punched without problems.

If you pay attention to the lateral projection, as it should be, here middle Tank M60 It is much worse. By visiting us aboard any enemy met on the battlefield will be easily damaged and even with the coat of the body, the top guns will be able to pierce us.

From the point of view of mobility, everything is also worthy of respect. Maximum speed M60. tank WOT. He was weak, but in dynamics we are not inferior even by the Soviet St-10, and with maneuverability in our case, things are not worse.

M60 instrument

So, U. M60 gun It has a good and at the same time standard by the measurements of most classmates alfactors, as well as good rapidity, thanks to which almost 2700 units of pure damage can be applied (approximately 150 lower than that of M48A1 Patton).

With a break, in our case, the situation is very good, M60 WORLD OF TANKS It is able to break through most opponents without difficulty, but in order to inflict damage hard armored technique in the forehead will have to either charge gold, or just call the opponent aboard that with our mobility more than real.

The accuracy in our case began to be more comfortable than a relative, and it is very nice. As you can see, scatter american Middle Tank M60 It has a good, although not the best, but the speed of information in our case is excellent, and stabilization at the height.

Last, what is worth knowing - M60 WOT. It is the owner of comfortable corners of the vertical tip, the trunk is neat down on 9 degrees and it is also very nice.

Advantages and disadvantages of M60

To understand the principle of the game on this tank, to understand whether to give him preference when choosing among other equipment for the GK, it is important to understand the main strengths and weaknesses M60 WORLD OF TANKS. To make it easier for you to navigate, let's understand these nuances separately.
Pros:
Excellent review range;
Good mobility;
High damage per minute;
Decent accuracy and stabilization;
Excellent armored aircraft;
Comfortable corners of vertical tip.
Minuses:
Large dimensions of the tank;
In general, mediocre booking;
Huge vulnerable commander turret.

Equipment for M60.

As you all know, installing additional modules you can both level the weaknesses of the tank and strengthen the existing benefits. In our case, all attention will be paid to the second aspect, that is, on tank M60 equipment You should install the following:
1. - Despite the fact that damage per minute and so good, it never happens too much, that is, the choice is obvious.
2. - With this module, we will get even more comfortable accuracy and the ability to damage at times more comfortable.
3. - We have the best overview in the game and this module is enough that to bring it into that, and even get a good increase to other tank parameters.

Training crew on M60

No less important aspect, and more responsible, crew will pump. The choice of skills should always be given a lot of attention, as each pep can very much affect your comfort in battle and, if we speak globally, even solve the outcome of the battle. So for M60 Picks It is better to learn in such a sequence:
Commander - ,,,
Powder - ,,,
Driver mechanic - , , , .
Charging (radio) - ,,,

My choice:

Equipment for M60.

With consumables, the situation is always much simpler, because their choice is known in advance, since here you can act on standards. If you do not want to go into a strong minus on silver, you can drive with,. But when with the stocks of loans everything is in perfect order and there is no need to save, much more effectively carry on M60 Equipment as , , . Moreover, our American is burning not so often, which means that the last option can be replaced by.

M60 Game Tactics

In battle, we will adhere to the standards of the game on M48A1, but now, thanks to the high accuracy, you can position yourself as a sniper. In other words, for M60 Tactic It can assume batter on large distances and positioning on a second or even third line.

Give an active light as B-C 25t. We can not, but the passive light is ensured perfectly. In addition, the average damage in 390 units M60 World Of Tanks It gives us the opportunity to work perfectly in a pair with Soviet average tanks, and excellent UVHs make it possible to maximize the terrain, but do not forget about the sizes of the tank, it is quite difficult to hide behind the ordinary niche or a small stone.

Excellent tool stabilization allows M60 WOT. Playing a "swing" with opponents using the relief of the card and not take projectiles of enemy tools to their tower, which because of not the most good stabilization we had to do on M48A5.

Unfortunately, the searchlight on the tower does not give us extra meters to the review, but is not a material part of the tank, which means shooting it into it, the damage will not apply us. American Middle Tank M60 It is very suffering from direct contacts of artillery, when the projectile is hooked in the board, we are guaranteed to lose about one thousand strength, and when in the stern, the probability of passing a complete damage is not excluded, namely, two thousand strength points. This is enough to send our tank to the hangar. If the "suitcase" falls into the forehead, it remains hoping only on the WPB.

Summing up, we can say that M60 Tank best feels on the 3rd line. We either stand in the bushes and play the "invisible sniper" or occupy a position for passive lighting and exclude your possibility of damage around the enemy.

The most optimal solution is to combine these styles, for example, at the beginning of the battle M60 WOT. It may take a position and discover the enemy to shoot our team, and then wait for the allies approach to the 1st attack line and already carefully shoot the enemy or move forward with the team support, but remaining slightly behind.

Outcome

Now M48A5 Patton III and M60 became different from each other. If the scaling up American has armor and dpm, then the tank for the global card has the best dynamics and accuracy. The only thing is that one remains similar - this is an appearance. Therefore, M60, as a prize for an event in the GC again became relevant.

Middle tank M60. - The first American main combat tank. It was developed since 1957 and should have exceeded the TTX Soviet Tank T-54. Developer - CHRYSLER. The first four prototypes that received the designation of the XM60 were manufactured in March I959 and passed comprehensive tests. The tank was standardized on March 16, 1959 as 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank M60. Contrary to the view of the name "Fallon" and even more so "Patton IV", he never was assigned. Serial production was carried out at the factory Detroit Tank Plant from 1960 to 1987. 15221 units, including engineering machines and Bram. In Italy, 2000 M60A1 modification tanks were manufactured by MELARA under license.

Tank M60. It has a traditional layout with a control unit in the front of the machine, combat separation in the middle and the motor-transmission in the stern part. The crew of the tank consists of a commander, a gunner, charging and mechanic-driver.

The tank has a cast housing with spherical sides and a litter tower borrowed with some changes to the M48A2 tank. The frontal part of the housing is made with large tilt angles than the M48A2 tank. The upper front sheet has a thickness of 120 mm and an angle of tilt to vertical 64 "; the thickness of the roof and the bottom of the case in the area of \u200b\u200bthe control unit - 50 and 40 mm, respectively. The thickness of the armor in the region of the combat compartment and MTO is reduced to 20 mm. Workplace of the driver is located In the control department strictly along the longitudinal axis of the body. Over the air mechanic chair, in the upper armorist, there is a hatch with a sliding lid (it is raised before turning). For observation of the terrain, three periscopic observation instruments serve, mean of which are interchangeable with PNV M36. Refill Night vision is carried out by IR headlights mounted on a windshield sheet. On the sides of the driver's mechanic chairs there is a belay tab - aluminum alloy nests for unitary shots to the M68 gun (15 nests are located on the left of the seat, 11 - right), the block is located directly behind the chair. Of the 6 batteries.

The tower is borrowed from the M48A2 tank with minor changes. On the roof of the tower installed a new M19 Commander Trench truck, creating the best conditions for the operation of the commander in the tank. The turret is equipped with inspection devices providing a tank commander circular overview, and manual drive.

The main weapon of the tank is the 105-mm tank gun M68 with connica anti-type devices and an ejection device for purging the barrel channel. The corners of the vertical guidance of the gun - from -10 "to -1-20". Guidance mechanisms have low-hydraulic and manual drives. The control of electromechanical mechanisms is carried out by a tank commander and a nipper from its control panels using a handle rotating in two planes. The maximum rotation speed of the tower is 24 degrees / s., Putting the gun in the vertical plane - 4 hail / s. The gun is not stabilized. Chargeing - manual, with a mechanism of resolution.

Freeding is 8 SECURITY / MIN. In the ammunition guns, there are 60 unitary shots (26 are placed in the control department. 34 - in the combat department) with the shells of five types: the armor-piercing pylon shell M392 with a separating pallet and a tungsten carbide core, capable of breaking the homogeneous armor to 120 mm thick for a distance of 2000 m At the coal of the meeting 60 ", compensated (with a non-verbal charge) Cumulative projectile M456, armor-piercing headile M393 with plastic explosives and a light-focalled head part, M494 shell with ready-made swelling slaughter elements and smoke charge M416. The initial speed of the armor-piercing pyline cutter - 1478 m / from.

In addition to the gun on the tank, a paired 7,62-mm machine gun M73 (to the left of the gun) and a 12,7-mm anti-aircraft gun M85 (vertical target angles from -15 ° to +60), mounted on a commander turret. Both machine guns have shortened Boxes and free shutters, which improves heat dissipation from the trunk. The ammunition consists of 1050 caliber cartridges 12.7 mm and 5500 caliber cartridges 7.62 mm.

On tank M60. The M17C monocular sight rate is installed, which uses the tank commander. The 20 mm base razor has a 10-fold increase. Measurement range to the target of the M17C rangeference - 500-4000 m; The housing of the rangefinder is associated with an instrument of a parallelogram mechanism. In contrast to the stereoscopic (like M48), which is produced by the definition of a distance of two images, the monocular rangefinder is simpler when working with it does not need good vision and long-term training.

The gunner uses the M31 periscopic sight and a telescopic hinged sight M105C. Both of the sights have an alternating increase (from 8x to 1x) and the grid with the range of ranges, proadened in meters. For a paired machine gun, the M44C sight is used, but its grid is projected into the field of view of the main sight. Night sight is united in one case with a periscopic sight. A xenon spotlight is installed on the gun mask, which can work both in the mode of conventional light and infrared.

The M60 SUO Tank includes the ballistic calculator M13A1D, is not much different from the same tank device M48A2, and the M10 ballistic actuator connecting the ballistic calculator, a rangefinder sight and a periscopic sight. The ballistic calculator acts on the grid of the sight and sight-rangefinder and automatically sets them to a position corresponding to the measured range. The amendments for derivation, pararallax hit, the loss of the initial speed due to wear of the trunk, the slope of the track, the inconsistency of the offside and the internal temperature is made by a special sensor.

The guidance of the gun when shooting from closed positions is carried out using the M28A1 azimuth pointer and the M13A1 quadrant, which are improved compared to the same instruments of the M48A2 tank. In the commander's turret there is a machine-gun sight M71-28C, designed for firing both terrestrial and air targets, and the M34 observation device.

On the M60 tank, a 12-cylinder four-stroke V-shaped air cooling diesel engine with a turbocharger AVDS-1790-2 Continental firms. Engine MOST 750 hp at 2400 rpm. Its main advantage is a significant decrease in fuel consumption compared to the gasoline engine of the M48A2 tank. In addition, it is sealed and can work in water. The engine in the motor-transmission compartment is established assembled with the CD850-6 hydromechanical transmission along the longitudinal axis of the tank. MTO M60 tank is equipped with a heat-insulating device that reduces the thermal radiation of the exhaust gases.

The engine exhaust pipes are removed into a special supermandor compartment, closed on top of the heat-insulating roof, in which the spent gases are cooled, mixing with the air flow of the cooling system, and then emitted through the zauluzu mounted. To facilitate the start of the engine in winter conditions in the tank there is a heater with a forced air supply. The engine launch by the electrostarter is provided at air temperatures up to - 30 "p. The auxiliary engine for the drive of the charging unit on this tank is not installed. The total capacity of fuel tanks is 1420 liters. All tanks are located in the booked volume.

Tank suspension M60. Similar to the M48A2 tank suspension, with the exception of minor changes made to its design. In particular, tension rollers are excluded on tanks, tension rollers are excluded, more rigid torsion shafts were used, which allowed a slightly to increase tank clearance, supporting (except) and supporting rollers are made of aluminum alloy, on the first and sixth reference rims mounted stroke limiters and telescopic shock absorbers. Support rollers (six to 6opt) - duplex, rubberized, with removable disks, their dynamic move - 206 mm. Rollers interchanges with guide wheels. Supporting rollers (three on board) also have rubber bandages. Brackets of balancing rollers and balancing limiters are welded to the body. Drive wheels - with steel removable gears. 710 mm width caterpillars - with fully rubbed tatches T97 and rubber-metal hinges. The resource of the tracks on the range is one and a half or two thousand km.

The radio equipment of the tank consists of one VHF of the AN / GRC-3 radio station (or AN / GRC-4.5.6.7 or 8), which provides a stable connection within a radius of 32-40 km and the AN / VIA-4 tank negotiation device with the connecting telephone connections. In addition, the M60 may establish a radio operating in the frequency range used by aviation.

The M60 tank is equipped with a filter ventilating unit E37P1, the same as in M48A2, special tank gas masks and hoods to protect the crew from radioactive dust, poisoning substances and bacteriological pathogens of diseases, x-ray, automatic PPO system and air heaters (for the crew heating). To overcome brodes to a depth of 3.125 m on a tank, special equipment is used, and during the installation of pipe-laza, it is possible to overcome the aqueous barriers to a depth of up to 5 m.

Modifications
M60. - First serial option. Combat Mass Tank 49.71 tons. Serial production from 1960 to 1962. Made 2202 units.

M60A1 (1962) - a new asymmetric relatively longitudinal axis casting tower of an improved configuration, which has an increased survivor (the thickness of the frontal armor - 180 mm), which ensures the best conditions for the crew operation in the combat department; Improved SUO, which includes a set of infrared surveillance and sights, providing shooting at night. For a driver mechanic, an infrared periscopic device M24 is provided. For the gunner - an infrared periscopic sight M32 of an eight-round increase, which is installed at the day of the daytime M31; For the commander - an IR-Sight M36 eight-time increase and infrared binoculars HM18, for charging - periscopic night vision device M37.

The backlight of the night vision devices was carried out multipurpose (IR and visible spectrum) with a high-intensity xenon gas-discharge chief architecture AN / VSS-1 with a capacity of 2.2 kW, mounted on a gun mask. Turning on and off the spotlight lamps, the selection of the filter and the dispersion angle is made by a gasket or a tank commander using a control panel located near their seats. The steering wheel is replaced by the T-shaped lever, the location of some controls and control devices has been changed, a new hydraulic engine brake brakes and a mechanical stop brake are applied; Telescopic shock absorbers introduced on the first, second and sixth support rollers of the chassis.

After 1965, a new electric ballistic calculator M16 was introduced into the SUO, which takes into account the rate of the sight-rangefinder, the amendments to the start of the initial speed due to the wear of the cannon barrel channel and the mismatch of the axis of the barrel channel and the zero aiming line. The total correction of the M16 calculator is automatically entered into the administrator's periscopic sight and the speakers of the tank commander. Since 1972, an electronic tangent-based stabilization of weapons in two planes is established (AOS), since 1974 - M142 caterpillar with removable rubber pillows, from the 1975th - AVDS-1790-2C engine (Rise - Reliability Improved Selected EQipment .

In the M60A1 (RISE) version of the M60A1 (AOS) models (AOS) were converted. Since 1977, the tank is equipped with passive night vision devices on electronically optical image amplifiers. Such devices - M36E1 - installed on the commander turret and the driver of the driver instead of the middle periscope. The M36E1 night vision device is a modification of the M36 device with replacing the active IR night vision module on a passive electronically optical. Active and passive modules are interchangeable. Therefore, the possibility of using a thermal imaging canal was maintained, for which a xenon spotlight was saved on the tank. In addition, the car was equipped with advanced devices for overcoming the bottom of the water obstacles. The equipment for underwater driving was included by the aircraft pipe-LAZ, installed above the loading hatch, the direction of movement for the bottom was maintained using a hypoloompace. These machines received the designation M60A1 (RISE / PASSIVE). From 1962 to 1980, 7849 M60A1 modification tank was manufactured.

M60A2. (1972) - Tank of fire support. Installed a new cast tower of a complex configuration. Armament: 152 mm M162 M162 M162, capable of fire both by regular projectiles and MGM51C SHILLELAGH, paired machine gun M73 and anti-aircraft machine gun M85. Amusement: 33 shots and 13 ptur. The combat mass of 46,332 tons. From 1972 to 1975, it was manufactured and re-equipped from the M60A1 526 units tanks.

M60A3. (1978) - Installed AUO, including laser rangefinder an / VVG-2, electronic ballistic M21 calculator, periscopic combined (with day and night channels) Sight / monitoring device M36E1 and eight glass blocks M41 installed in the commander turret. The laser sight-range is installed on the planting places of the optical rangefinder M17. To sight the goal and exit of laser radiation, the right armor head remaining from the optical rangefinder. The laser range finder is equipped with a remote control panel installed at the gunner. The gunner has a basic combined sight M35E1 and auxiliary telescopic M105D sight, similar to those used on earlier models M60. Interchangeable active and passive modules of night vision devices are installed. The illumination of IR appliances is designed with the help of xenon searchlight AN / VSS-3A, which has smaller sizes and consumed by the transparency compared to the AN / VSS-1 Tank M60A1 spotlight. The feature of the AN / VSS-3 spot is the use of a flexible metal reflector, which allows you to smoothly change the width of the beam in the range from 1 ° to 7. The heat-shielding casing of the gun is introduced, a paired M240 machine gun is installed, two six-solid chimans M239, AVDS-1790-2C engine. TDA, since 1987 - a high-speed PPO system. Combat mass of 52.62 tons. Made 1811 units, 5661 re-equipped from M60A1 tanks.

M60A3 TT.S (1979) - TTS (Tank Termal Sight) - An / VGS-2 thermal sight is installed. The automatic circuit of the weapon control system includes a tank ballistic calculator M21, the commander of AN / VVG-2 commander, the An / VSG-1 gun site (installed instead of the M35E1), the weapon stabilizer and the ballistic drive M10A4, the sensors of atmospheric parameters. The sight of the M36E1 commander and the auxiliary point of the gunner with the calculator are not connected.

M60A3 ERA (1988) - US Marine Corps M60A3, equipped with dynamic sewn (ERA - Explosive Reactive Armour). The mounted DZ kit consists of 49 metal boxes M1 and 42 boxes M2 filled with explosives. The mass of the tank increases by 1.8 tons. Equipped 170 units.

M60A4 - An unfulfilled project of modernization of M60 tanks commissioned by the US National Guard. The program provided for upgrading 12 tanks in 1989, 48 - in 1990 and 120 - in 1991, followed by output to the level of 450 cars per year. It was assumed that the M60A4 tank will be armed with a 120-mm smooth-bore cannon, it was planned to install a new diesel engine with a capacity of 1050 L.E., automatic transmission, overhead armor, a low-profile commander's turret, to improve the running part and air filters. For financial reasons, the program was revoked.

Delicating Tanks M60 completed. The M60 combat vehicles were the basis of the US Army Tank Park and the US Marine Corps in the 1960s and 1970s and were widely exported. As part of the American tanks, the M60 tanks in hostilities practically did not participate. Exception - landing of several M60A1 corps of marines on O. Grenada in 1983 and the participation of several dozen M60A3 tanks in the operation "Storm in the Desert" in 1991. In Vietnam, only engineering Tanks M728 and M60Avlb bridges were used.

Tanks of the second generation M60A1 During the period 1960-1970s, had enough high tactical and technical characteristics, and their good fitness to operation in various climatic zones, maintenance and repair in field conditions, as well as a relatively low cost led to their widespread in the army of many countries.

By the end of the 1970s, despite the multiple modernization, which led to an increase in the mass of machines, in terms of stuffiness and mobility, even the latest samples - M60A3 tanks - ceased to meet the increased requirements. There was a need to transition to the tanks of the following, third generation.

Tactical and technical characteristics of the M60A1 tank
Combat weight, T: 52,61.
Crew, people: 4.
Overall dimensions, mm: length - 9436, width - 3632, height (by periscope on the commander turret) - 3264, clearance - 389. Armament: 1 gun M68 caliber 105 mm, 1 M73 machine gun 7.62 mm, 1 machine gun M85 Kshtra 12.7 mm.
Amusement: 63 Shot, 5950 Cartridges Caliber 7.62 mm, 900 Cartridges Caliber 12.7 mm.
Arms stabilizer: two-plane electro-hydraulic.
Aiming instruments: M17A1 monocular sight-range, telescopic sight M105D, periscopic sight commander M28C.
Booking, mm: housing forehead - 120. Borf - 50-76, feed - 44. Roof - 57, bottom - 20-50, tower - 25-180.
Engine: Continental AVDS-1790-2C. 12-cylinder, diesel. V-shaped, air cooling; MOST 750 L.S. (550 kW) at 2400 rpm.
Transmission: GMC CD-850-6, hydromechanical type "Cross-Drive", which includes a primary gearbox, a complex hydrotransformer, a hydromechanical planetary three-speed transmission, a rotation mechanism of a differential type with a double power flow, onboard transmissions.
Chassis: Six conserved support rollers on board, three rubberized supporting rink, the leading wheel of the rear arrangement with removable gear crosses (lap), guide wheel; Suspension individual torsion; Hydraulic shock absorbers on the 1st. 2nd and 6th suspension nodes; 710 mm width caterpillar rubbed with PMSH parallel type and removable aspaling pillows.
Speed \u200b\u200bMax., Km / h: 48.3.
Power reserve, km: 480.
Overcome obstacles: climb climb, hail. - 30. Width of the Rib. M - 2.6. The height of the wall, M - 0.91, the depth of the brow, M - 1,2 (from the OPLT - 5 m).
Communication means: VHF telephone, symbol radio station AN / VRC-12, intercom.

Tank M60 Review American main combat photo The period of the Cold War can be considered the fourth generation of the Patton family or their direct descendant. Being initially developed as an answer to the improvement of Soviet tanks, M60 remains in service until now. No wonder the built more than 15,000 cars.

Tank M60 Review American main combat photo

Tank M60. Armament was adopted in 1960. During the Vietnamese war, a relatively small number of M60 was used, they also took part in the war of the Day of 1973 as part of the Israel Defense Army. In addition, they participated in the battles of the Iran-Iraq war and in the operation "Storm in the Desert" in 1991. Despite the old age, further modernization allowed M60 to maintain parity with Soviet samples, relatively long time. For example, in connection with the application in the 1990s. new improved anti-tank funds M60A3 Outside the main armor washed elements of dynamic sewn. This additional protection focuses mainly on the tower and windshield sheets of the case.

american Tank M60AZ with dynamic photo protection

In 1956, intelligence data was obtained to develop a new main combat tank in the USSR, radically superior in terms of previous T-54/55. A group of researchers and designers of the United States concluded that there are still a large stock for the introduction of further improvements. The program of deep upgrades was launched.
The production of M60 had to be at the very height of the "Cold War". The design is made on the basis, despite the fact that the latter was just considered weak to confront with the Soviet machines of the new generation. M48 had an insufficient reserve of stroke, high fire hazard, excessive mass with relatively weak booking. Significantly improved M60 was adopted in 1960 and became the basis of the American Tank Park for the next 20 years - until weafter adopted. M60 production has been discontinued only in 1987.

American Middle Tanks M60A3 Patton on Exercises Reforger Photo

Main American Tank M60 As the Patton family machine, has a classic layout scheme with the placement of the control unit in the front of the hull, combat separation from the rotating tower in the middle hour and the motor-transmission - in the rear.
Initially, the M6O tower was similar to the M48 hemispherical tower - more precisely, elliptic - forms. However, on the A1 and A3 modifications, the tower received an elongated and fascinated form in front of the form that increased its armor, the thickness of the armor to 127 mm. On the modification of M60A1, a powerful searchlight was established, used in the visible and infrared range, but on the tanks M60A3 refused it.

tank M6O has laser rangefinder and smoke grenades Photos

The commander, the gunner and charging are placed in the tower, the gunner to the left of the gun ahead, the commander behind and above it, charging - to the right of the gun at her executioner. The driver mechanic is placed in the front of the body in place, shifted to the left of the axis of the case, under the cover of 150 mm frontal armor, three periscopic surveillance devices and an infrared night vision device uses. The gunner uses a periscopic device mounted in the roof of the tower, which can be replaced by an infrared night vision device. The commander uses eight periscopic observation devices installed around the perimeter of the rotating commander turret.

workplace commander tank

The commander can take on the management of weapons, bring the gun along the vertical and lead fire from it, turn the tower, accompanying the gun target. It is located in the tower behind and above the gunner, can also fire from the machine gun installed in the commander turreka
Laser rangefinder: Laser rangefinder sends a light pulse and, receiving a signal reflected from the target, determines the range (distance) to it - to increase the accuracy of the base weapons.
A reinforcement type night sight can be used with illumination of the target infrared spotlight; In later modifications, the main sight is the thermal imaging, in such illumination does not need. A night sight of 105-mm guns, a gunner's sight and commander are connected, allows them to see the same thing that sees in an eyepiece or another in night or day conditions.
The commander can accept armament management.
A reinforcement type night sight, the illumination of the target can be carried out by an infrared spotlight, later the sight was replaced by thermal imaging.
The suspension polic of the tower in the photo, rotates with it, while the crew can instantly navigate inside the tank.

A brief overview of the American Basic Martial Tank M60 Photo

Tank M60 Review American Basic Fighting Tank Photo Armament

HA M60, as well as on cars of a number of other states, a 105-mm gun M68 is installed, a licensed copy of the British cannon L7A1.
12.7-mm large-caliber machine gun M85. installed in the commander turret,
a 7,62-mm machine gun, paired with a gun, sometimes - another 7.62-mm near the hatch charging.
Six smoke grenade launchers are installed on sides of the tower.
Fire from a powerful 105-mm gun M68 can lead a gunner or commander, both can drive the M60 tower.

Tank M60. power point AVDS-1790-2A with a capacity of 560 kW (750 hp) provides M6O speed speed up to 50 km / h.

Tank M60 American main combat photo of one of the museum exhibits

Machines of the M60 series have an individual torsion pendant torsion shaft enclosed in the pipe with which is connected by one end, as a result, the torsion and pipe work as a double springs.

Modernized Tank M60 for the Turkish Army Photo, in many countries still stands in service

Modifications of the American Basic Martial Tank M60 Photo

Hm60 / M60: Modernization, cast case with a cross-sectional profile resembling a vase, support rollers from an aluminum alloy, three supporting rollers on board. The first samples did not have a commander turret.
M60A1: The first modification, characterized by an elongated narrowed front of the tower.
M60A1 AOS: In 1972, a stabilizer of the M68 cannon is added.
M60A1 RISE: a set of "Special Equipment to Enhance Reliability" (RISE); Improvements of most basic systems, including changes in power plant systems that facilitate access to it and ensure fast engine and transmission replacement.
M60A1 Rise Passive: Model M60A1 RISE complemented by installing a reduced spotlights of visible and infrared light, replacing active night vision devices are inspected.
M60A1E1: An experimental machine with a replacement of a gun 152 mm to the instrument - the M162 launcher with the possibility of launching the PTUR through the barrel.

Tank M60 Teaching BRIGHT STAR, 1982

M60A1E2 / M60A2: The modified tower has become an external form, a well-known fantastic strip (StarShip). The modification of M60A2 has become a significant departure from the usual standards of the main combat tank and in the end disappointed the customer. M60A2, known under the nickname StarShip ("Starship"), received a new tower in which the tool was installed - the starting unit for the Shillelagh ptur, which turned out to be unreliable. 152-mm implement is a launcher not less than half easier than an ordinary tank gun and combines the possibilities of starting the fetter and firing by conventional fragmentation-fugasal, incendiary or practical projectiles. In total, it was built just over 550 m60A2, which were handed over to warehouses. An option was also remotely controlled 20-mm automatic gun.
M60A1EZ: Experienced M60A1 E2 with a replacement of a 105 mm rush gun.
M60A1E4: Experienced machine with handicraft weapons.
By 1977, the modification of M60AZ was ready and began to bring to this standard already in the troops of M60A1 tanks. In addition to improving the fire management system, the tank received new caterpillars with removable aspaling pillows, easily mounted and shootable by the crew. M60AZ is able to put a smoke curtain with thermal equipment. Removable equipment for underwater driving allows you to overcome the water obstacles by a depth of 4 m. Subsequently, dynamic protection was established.

american main battle tank M-60A2 photo under the nickname starship starship

M60AZ TTS: M60AZ with a thermal imaging sight AN / VSG-2, launched into mass production in 1977, weighs 52 tons - as much as M60A1, - but at the same time includes a number of significant improvements, such as the integrated laser range finder Hughes and The thermal sight at the workplace of the commander, the thermal imaging sight AN / VGS-2 and the laser range finder VVG-2 Hughes at the place of the gunner, as well as the digital ballistic calculator on the solid-state element base. This raised the takingness of the shooting and expanded the range of fire ranges to 200-5000 m. Previous improvements of Tank M60 turned on the offset of the gun forward 12 cm to release the additional volume inside the triple tower. In the M60AZ standard, the automatic fire-fighting equipment of Israeli development with the use of Gas Halon
M60 Super / ah: Modification with enhanced armor and insignificant changes.

Tactical and technical characteristics of the American tank M60

M60-2000 / 120s: Designed by General Dynamics Land Division Hybrid modification with M60 and Abrams elements. Not accepted by the military.
M728: Combat Engineering Machine (CEV) on M60A1 chassis.
M728A1: Modernization M728.

Since 1979, M60AZ began to enter troops. A distinctive feature of the tank is its cast case and tower. As the main weapons on the M60AA, a stabilized 105-mm rush gun M68 is installed in two planes, with which the machine gun is 7.62-mm. The gun is equipped with a heat shield and ejector. The survivability of the trunk is at least 400 shots. Gun guide mechanisms, as well as turning the tower, equipped with electrohydraulic drives. The fire management system includes a laser rangefinder and an electronic ballistic calculator, as well as all the necessary sensors. To control the operation of the SUO there is a special automatic built-in instrument. A 12.7-mm machine gun for firing for air and land targets is mounted in a rotating commander turret. The commander can monitor after eight glass blocks installed on the perimeter of the turret, and the periscopic sight in its front. The gun ammunition consists of unitary shots with metal sleeves. 26 shots are placed in the cannons on the right and to the left of the driver mechanic, the remaining 37 shots - in the warehouses at the charging in the combat department. For shooting from cannon, armor-piercing pyline cutters M735 (with a core of tungsten alloy) or M774 (with a housing from the uranium alloy), cumulative projectile M456A1, armor-pierced-fugasic shells are used.

In 1978, the Americans held another modernization of the M60A1 tank, as a result of which the machine that received the designation M60AZ appeared, a gun stabilization system, a laser sight-ranking of the company "Hughes", a new ballistic calculator, advanced night vision devices, an engine with improved air filters, caterpillars A new type, a tower with a somewhat modified configuration and heat-shielding casing on the trunk of the gun. At the expense of all changes made, the combat mass increased to 51 tons.

Compared to other single-stage single post-war generation machines, the tank has the greatest size in height and width. This made it possible to place a large ammunition (63 shot) to the cannon and the entire fuel supply (1420 liters) in the booked volume, as well as to ensure the free position of all crew members, an infrared night vision device appeared at the disposal of the charge. Since 1975, an upgraded engine AU05-1790-2A has been used, since 1977, immobilizing surveillance devices have been introduced for all crew members and a member of the gunner, an equipment for underwater driving has been enhanced.

In 1972, on the basis of M60A1, the following modification of M60A2 was created, which was characterized by installing a new type tower with a 152-mm low-pressure gun, able to fire various types of ammunition with combustible sleeves, and was also used as a start-up setting for controlled missiles "Schillalala". The mass production of M60A2 tanks began in 1972, but the US Army's tank units were received only in 1974 due to numerous flaws that caused a serious blow to Schillalala / M60A2 / Sheridan. As a result, the American army received only 540 machines M60A2.

In addition to the main weapons, the M73 machine gun was installed on the M60A2, the M73 machine gun and the anti-aircraft machine gun M85 caliber is 12.7-mm. The tank amplifier consisted of 13 pti "Schilleila", 33 shots of a caliber of 152-mm 900 cartridges of a caliber of 12.7-mm and 5950 cartridges of the 7.62-mm M60A2 was equipped with a laser sight-a rangefinder and an electronic ballistic calculator. Currently, machines with rocket-walled armament M60A2 from the ground forces are seized and was conserved for the purpose of subsequent re-equipment in tank bridges, self-made machines and engineering machines of the deformation.

Bronary protection Tanka M60AZ - monolithic. The thickness of the upper front part of the cast housing having an angle of inclination of 64 ° from the vertical is 120 mm. The roof and the bottom of the body in the control department are made from armor with a thickness of 50-mm and 40 mm, respectively, and in battle and motor-transmission compartments - 20-mm. There are no side anti-screens. The maximum thickness of armor casting tower is 180-mm. Since 1988, mounted dynamic protection was installed on the M60AAs in service with the US Marine Corps. Equipment M60A1 and M60AZ dynamic protection in ground forces Not yet provided. To increase the security from conventional lesions, the system of TDA, English six-solid smoke grenade launches and high-speed firefare with fire extinguishing composition "Halon" applied. In order to reduce the likelihood of detection using the thermal imager, the exhaust gas engine with an air flow from the cooling system fans is made. Protection against the striking factors of the OMP is provided by the tank armor and a filtering installation with an individual imposition of purified air to the respiratory masks of the crew members.

On M60AZ, a 12-cylinder V-shaped diesel engine AU05-1790-2C air cooling with turbocharging is installed. It is mounted in a block with a hydromechanical transmission from 850-6 "Cross Drive", a cooling system and an oil system. The mass of the power unit is 3622 kg. Starting engine is carried out by the electric starter. The subressing system uses a two-year suspension with telescopic hydraulic fluorescents on the first, second and sixth support rims the guide wheel, unified with a support roller, has a caterpillar tension mechanism with a compensating device. Caterpillar with a rubberometallic hinge, rubberized by treadmill and removable rubber pillows. Its resource is 8000 km.

The tank is equipped with underwater driving equipment. Pipe-Laz is mounted over the hatch of the charging. The use of equipment for self-pumping or mine trawl is not provided. Mileage of the machine to overhaul - 9600 km. ARF telephone, simplex radio station AML / SC-12 with a frequency operating frequency range of 30-76 MHz. Along with M1 "Abrams" M60AZ consists in the arms of the US Army and is the basis of its tank park.

Tactical and technical characteristics of the main combat tank M60A1 / A2 / A3

Combat t.	49,7/46,3/52,6
Crew, person	4
*Dimensions, mM.:*
length with a gun forward	9309/7333/9436
width	3631/3631/3631
height	2650/3309/2650
clearance	463/389/450
Armor, MM.
forehead housing	120
board housing	75
love Tower	175
Armament:
	M60A1 and M60A3 - 105 mm rush gun M68; 7.62 mm machine gun; 12.7-mm M85 machine gun, M60A2 152-mm gun-launcher M162, 7.62 mm machine gun M73, 12.7-mm machine gun M85,
Amusement:
	M60A1 and M60AZ 63 shots, 900 cartridges of caliber 12.7-mm and 5950 cartridges of 7.62-mm caliber, M60A2 13 Ptur "Schillalala", 33 ARTSTERS, 900 Caliber Cartridges 12.7-mm, 5950 Cartridges of Caliber 7,62-mm
Engine	M60A1 and M60A2 "Continental", diesel, 12-cylinder, V-shaped, air cooling, power 750 liters. from. at 2400 rpm
Specific pressure on the ground, kg / cm.kv.	0,79/.. ./0,81
Highway speed kM / C.	48
Highway stroke fix kM	500/500/480
Overcome obstacles:
wall height, m.	0,91
width RVA m.	2,59
fort depth, m.	1,20

In the period from 1972 to 1974, a relatively small batch (540 cars) M60A2 was released with rocket and cannon weapons. Modernized sample M60AZ was produced from 1978 to 1985. Of the 1811 made tanks over 1,200 cars were supplied to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Tunisia, Austria and Sudan. The rest of the tanks were used to replace the M60A2 hopes imposed on them. In addition to the above countries, M60 and M60A1 were exported to Iran, Ethiopia, North Yemen and Oman. Three hundred M60A1 was delivered to Italy, where the release of these cars under license was then established.

The M60 adopted a combat baptism in the Israeli army in 1973, when another Arab-Israeli conflict broke out in the Middle East. As opponents of the M60, there were Soviet tanks T-54 and T-62, but stood a harsh test. Tanks M60 and to this day are in service with Israel's armies, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Austria, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, as well as a number of other countries of the world.

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