M1 Abrams
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The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense and named for General Creighton Abrams. Conceived for modern armored ground warfare, it is one of the heavies
A U.S. Army M1A2 SEPv3 conducting training in Poland in 2024
MBT-70 (German: Kampfpanzer 70)
General Motors XM1 prototype
M1 Abrams tank being inspected upon assembly at the Chrysler Lima Army Tank Plant, 1979
M60 tank
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The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank. It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the
M1 Abrams
…120 mm L/44 designated M256. The M1 Abrams was developed from the failed joint American-West German MBT-70 project that intended to replace the dated M60 tank. There are three main operational Abrams versions: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2, with each new iteration seeing improvements in armament, protection, and…
Original M60 variant on display at the Lewis Army Museum in 2016, with canvas mantlet cover removed
A Jordanian M60A3 firing its main gun in 2015
A detailed view of the M19 commander's cupola on an M60A1 vehicle of later production
M60 production pilot number 1 after completion by Chrysler on 2 July 1959. Note the use of a pedestal mounted M2HB machine gun on the cupola. The turret is traversed to the rear of the tank.