M60s delivered to Iran also served in the Iran–Iraq War. 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.

2021年2月24日 · For the American armed forces, Desert Storm was the first—and last—hurrah for the M60 tanks in major combat roles. The Marine Corps upgraded the M60s to improve their accuracy and survivability and included passive night …

2020年4月22日 · During the 1991 Gulf War, heavily upgraded Marine M60s lead the push towards Kuwait International Airport and devastated Iraqi armor.

2025年1月13日 · As a famous descendent of the 1950s-era M48 Patton main battle tank, the second-generation M60 tank served as a key foundation of the US Army’s Cold War …

2024年12月20日 · The US produced over 15,000 M60s during its service period, which ran from 1959 to 1991 through the Desert Storm war with Iraq. However, National Guard units used the M60 until 1997.

2016年10月23日 · Other countries besides the USA that relied on the M60 Patton were Kuwait and Iran, the latter used its M60s extensively during the Iraq-Iran war which lasted from 1980 to 1988.

2023年1月24日 · In the 1991 Gulf War, the M60 tanks used by United States Marines racked up 100's of kills of Iraqi T-55. T62 and even T72 tanks. At one point the U.S. Marines in their M60's had taken out 100 Iraqi tanks without taking a single loss. On paper the M60A3 Patton overmatched the T-55, was comparable to a T-62 and was marginally overmatched by the ...

2024年12月10日 · M60 Main Battle Tank (MBTs) series are powered by Continental AVDS-1790 V12 diesel engine rated at 750-hp. M60s saw combat in the Middle East, Vietnam and Iraq. More than 15,000 M60s were produced for the United States and international customers between 1960 and 1983. Total Production : ? The M60A1 entered service in 1961.

2021年5月5日 · In early February 1991, two hundred USMC M-60A3s of the 2nd Battalion drove north from Khafji, Saudi Arabia into occupied Kuwait where they met a larger Iraqi force of mixed (T-54/55, Type 69, and T-72) tanks on the grounds of Kuwait City International Airport.

2016年12月16日 · The M60 served in several major conflicts such as the Iraq-Iran War, Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and, of course, Vietnam where engineering versions were used to lay bridges and a variant known as the M728, designated as a Combat Engineer Vehicle it was equipped with a 165mm gun used to destroy fortified emplacements.