It’s is a pretty direct call to step up progress on two projects, a next generation main battle tank and a new light armored vehicle called the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle. This week, the House Armed Services Committee released the first draft of its 2018 defense policy, which includes recommendations for how Congress should spend its military budget. The government’s concern, as it has been since 1946, is that the Russians (or another superpower) will eventually have America outgunned, and a new bill by the House Armed Services Committee could help the Army rekindle the sweet flames of Cold War-era innovation. Army loves tanks, but its current stable of giant, rolling guns is getting old. The new turret was better armored and considerably larger, as it had to mount the 105mm main gun.Īn M-60 Main Battle Tank fires its 105mm main gun.The U.S. It was built of cast-and-welded sections and divided into three compartments: driving, fighting, and engine/transmission. The M-60 Main Battle Tank's hull was basically the same as that of the M-48. More than 15,000 M-60s of various configurations were built before production ended in August 1987. The M-60A3 was the result, and it was placed in production in May 1980.
When the capabilities of the new T-62/ T-72 MBTs became known in detail, the U.S.Īrmy began a crash program to up-rate the M-60. These two versions were followed by 562 M-60A2s, all of which were converted to other armored vehicles like the M-60 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge or the M-728 Combat Engineer Vehicle. Two years later an up-rated M-60, the M-60A1, was put into production. Authorization was obtained for the new tank design, and the first American Upgrade programs were immediately undertaken, beginning with the installationīut the ultimate goal, up-gunning to the British L7A1 105mm gun, required a new turret. A design team suggested that there was plenty of room for improving the M-48.
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