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 America’s iconic

Cold War tank.

ISBN = 978-0-89747-845-8