The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. [1] Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank.

M60坦克（英主战坦克文：M60 Patton Main BattleTank [3] ），是 美国 在M48A2坦克基础上研制而成的主战坦克，由克莱斯勒公司的特拉华防务工厂制造。1956年开始研制，研制代号为XM60。

2022年5月31日 · M60 巴顿 （ M60 Patton ）是 美国陆军 第四代也是最后一代的巴顿系列坦克；用来取代过去的 M48 巴顿 。 虽然 M60 是巴顿系列的延续，但 “ 巴顿 ” 从未是它官方名称的一部分，其正式名称为 105 毫米 炮主战坦克 M60 （ 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank M60 ） 。

2024年5月9日 · The M60 "Patton" Main Battle Tank began development in 1957 to counter rumors that the Soviets were working on a new main battle tank of their own armed with a 115mm smoothbore main gun. With this armament, the Soviet offering was capable of outgunning the latest M48 Patton series, then the staple of the American armored corps.

2024年8月23日 · The M60 Patton was a second-generation Main Battle Tank (MBT) fielded by the United States Army in 1960. Deployed at a particularly tense time during the Cold War, the tank was...

2024年9月21日 · Like the M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) and the Apache family of helicopters, the U.S.-made M60 tank proved that upgrades over time can keep a weapon system viable for decades.

Although considered very much like a 1st generation MBT, it was modernized as a 2nd generation MBT, on par with its European counterparts of the sixties, the British Chieftain, German Leopard and French AMX-30. Now it is retired from US service, but …

2020年5月22日 · GDLS has built a prototype of the 120S MBT, which is an M1A1 turret mounted on an upgraded M60 chassis. The 120S is armed with a 120mm M256 smoothbore gun and has a computerised fire control system.

The M60 Patton main battle tank is now primarily found in US Reserve and National Guard units, but served as the primary US main battle tank for two decades prior to the introduction of the M1. Developed from the M48 Patton series, the M60 was fitted with a 105mm main gun and manned by a four-man crew.

2019年2月19日 · The M60 Patton main battle tank is an upgraded version of the M48 Patton medium tank, with a better engine and better armament. In the late 1950s, the United States decided to improve the engine and the weaponry on the M48. The engine on the M48 was replaced with a new AVDS-1790 12-cylinder Continental engine in 1957.