M-60 Patton??
May 24, 2015 08:16:20 #
ajohnston3 wrote:
Grabbed a shot at a local National Guard Armory.... I think it's a M-60 but the turret doesn't look quite right.... A little help here?
ajohnston3, nice picture. Can't I.D. this tank, but it does not look like a M-60 to me. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup: Tejaswrangler :)
May 24, 2015 08:48:09 #
Bear2 wrote:
Ditto
M48A5 was upgraded to a 105. This looks to be an early version with th 90, probably an A1
May 24, 2015 09:36:34 #
Definately an M-48 variant. The front of the M-48 hull was curved transversely and vertically; the M-60 is a flat plane in both directions.
May 24, 2015 09:53:16 #
Drove an m60 A1 67'-69' Trained on these at Ft. Knox it is an M48 .....m60 had a 105 with no fire supressorat the end. Also the turret was different on m60
May 24, 2015 09:55:06 #
Sherman A1 wrote:
I am thinking M48. The main gun, looks to be a 90mm. I think the M60 went to a 105mm.
Agreed. You can tell the 90mm by the muzzle break--the 105mm on the M60 and late models of the M48 didn't have one. I believe the M67 had a dummy gun so they couldn't be easily distinguished from a gun-armed tank. The flame was fired through the dummy gun. (That's based on a few pictures I've seen of one firing.)
A somewhat disconcerting aside--I think that 90mm was the last American designed conventional tank gun. The 105 was British and I believe the 120 is German.
May 24, 2015 10:25:17 #
May 25, 2015 06:14:20 #
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