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M-60 Main Battle Tank In Action (Softcover) SS12060
By David Doyle The M60 Main Battle Tank was conceived as the successor to the M48 Patton with the hope that it would prove a better adversary to the Soviet T-54A. Introduced in 1959, the 105mm-armed M60, and
its variants, the M60A1 and M60A3, remained in production into 1987, forming the backbone of the U.S. armored force until it was
supplanted by the M1 Abrams. In addition to the conventional cannon-armed versions of the M60, the M60A2 variant, sometimes dubbed the starship, featured new departures in tank armament. The M60A2 was armed with a 152mm projector, which could fire a conventional round with a fully combustible casing, or the MGM-51
Shillelagh anti-tank missile. Completing the M60 family were the M728 armored engineer vehicle, and the still-in-service M60 Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge.
Packed with 155 vintage color photos, 69 historic black-and-white
images, by numerous fine line drawings, and a detailed data table, this 80-page volume traces the history of Americas iconic
Cold War tank.
ISBN = 978-0-89747-845-8
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