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The company that makes the M60 is the Patton Copmpany. The US Army use the M60 and replaced their Browning rifles with it. The Patton Company is named after General Patton.
Yes , the venerable M60 Patton tank was present in a number of enemy engagements during the Vietnam conflict .
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As far as I know it was a 90mm. After the war some countries uprgaded their M48 Pattons to a 105mm, and the US replaced theirs with the M60 Patton with a 105mm.
Correct. Even though you will see plastic model kits, sometimes books, and advertisements calling the M60 that name, they will be incorrect; normally those companies took a short cut in researching their titles and, often choose the first name they saw. The M60 was called the M60 Combat Tank, Full Tracked, and was fielded in 1960. The US Army wanted to officially name the M60, the M60 MBT (Main Battle Tank) but the paperwork had already been processed for "Combat Tank", so they let it stand. However, the M60 did in fact become the US Army's first MBT, and was referred to that name during the 1960's and 1970's. The M60 MBT looks almost exactly like the M48 Patton, which was officially called the "M48 90mm Gun Tank Patton." The only external differences are: 1. M60 MBT has a straight edged front slope; M48's is rounded. 2. M60 MBT has a flat slabbed sided turret on each side; M48's is rounded. 3. M60 MBT has 3 support rollers per side; M48's have 5 per side. 4. M60 MBT has aluminum road wheels; M48's are steel. 5. M60 MBT has a 105mm gun with bore evacuator in the middle and no flash suppresser. M48 has a 90mm gun with the bore evacuator near the muzzle and touching the flash suppressor. There were only 3 Pattons: M46 (a modified M26 Pershing); M47; M48. The M46 Patton saw action in Korea, the M48 Patton saw combat in Vietnam. The M47 Patton was used in films: Battle of the Bulge as a German Tiger tank, and also for target practice for tank gunnery at various US Army tank ranges. The M47 Patton was never used by US forces in combat.
It is screwed into the exhaust at the outlet of the catalytic converter.It is screwed into the exhaust at the outlet of the catalytic converter.
Main US tanks: 1. WWI-French Renault Model 1917 2. WWII-M4 Sherman medium tank 3. Korean War-M46 Patton medium gun tank 4. Vietnam War-M48 Patton medium gun tank (last of the Patton series) 5. Peace time, post Vietnam-M60 Main Battle Tank (official title, M60 Combat tank) 6. Peace time, post M60 MBT/to present-M1 Abrams MBT
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In the engine compartment at the outlet of the exhaust manifold.
outlet ports are smaller to reduce the exhaust losses
During the Vietnam War, the US Army & Marine Corps had over 12,000 M48 Patton and M60 Main Battle Tanks in their inventory.
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