M60A3

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Specifications:

Crew:

4x man

Top speed:

48 km/h

Armament:

1x 105mm M68 cannon; 1x 7.62mm M73 machine gun; 12.7mm M85 AA machine gun;

Brick count:

1,358

Cost:

8,156u

How to use:

Choose ammo type - press button inside the turret (E) for APFSDS (10x ballistic gun) and press it again (Q) to go back for HESH (5x gun).

Night vision sight - use J button (You can see how it works on screenshots - pretty weak, but better than nothing^^. Also it depends on your graphics preset and monitor brightness~).

Fire extinguish system - Num 5

History of M60A3:

The M60 Patton is a main battle tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960. With the United States Army's deactivation of their last (M103) heavy tank battalion in 1963, the M60 became the Army's primary tank during the Cold War. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 series was never officially classified as a Patton tank, but as a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton series. In March 1959, the tank was officially standardized as the 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank M60. Over 15,000 M60s were built by Chrysler. Production ended in 1983, but 5,400 older models were converted to the M60A3 variant ending in 1990.

The M60 underwent many updates over its service life. The interior layout, based on the design of the M48, provided ample room for updates and improvements, extending the vehicle's service life for over four decades. It was widely used by the U.S. and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world today, despite having been superseded by the M1 Abrams in the U.S. military. Egypt is currently the largest operator with 1,716 upgraded M60A3s, Turkey is second with 866 upgraded units in service, and Israel is third with over 700 units of Israeli variants.

In 1978, work began on the M60A3 variant. It featured a number of technological enhancements, including smoke dischargers, a new flash-lamp pumped ruby-laser based rangefinder (AN/VVG-2) that could be used by both commander and gunner, an M21 ballistic computer, and a turret stabilization system.