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。

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.

2025年3月27日 · NCSIST is also currently leading an effort to upgrade an initial batch of 40 M60A3 MBTs, which will receive enhancements to their main gun, ballistic fire control computer and sighting systems, centering on the replacement of the original 105 mm M68 rifled gun with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon as well as upgrades to the turret’s hydraulic system f...

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...

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.

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2月24日 · Detailing the technical specifications, development, and operational history of the M60 Super/AX (Super M60) Main Battle Tank (MBT) Prototype including pictures. The global defense reference actively compiled since 2003

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.

The M60A1 MBT served as the primary battle tank for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corp (USMC) for over three decades. The USMC first used M60s to support an amphibious operation during Operation Urgent Fury on Grenada in 1983.