"Anyone know what Tank this is?" Topic

Posted a YouTube vid of it. Anyone?

What tank is this?

Denke!

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M60

I see them everywhere in SE Pennsylvania as static displays

Its kind of shocking someone had to ask.

"Its kind of shocking someone had to ask."

Truly, given how standard the '60 is…

That's an old friend of mine. An M60A3. Last version of the M60 series. Spent many a day on one.

I can tell it's either a M60A1 or A3, but not sure of the difference of the two sub-types.

Wanna hear something even MORE shocking? I know NOTHING about modern (post WW II, that is) tanks.

I'm sure it's an A3. It seems to have the TTS (thermal televison sight) housing above the gunners position. It's kind of hard to see with the unsteady camera movement though.

The main identifying characteristics are the thermal shroud on the main gun tube. And the mast for the wind sensor on the left rear of the turret roof.

Just about all I've seen on display are A3s. It's in beautiful shape.

monger – now you know that tank is a M60A3!! :)

Only dumb questions are the one you never ask.

Some static displays have markers but guessing this one didn't.

No markers at all. If I get the time next week I will post a more stable vid on the tank. I was working at the time… and jumped at the chance to get a quick vid :)

It really is in pretty nice shape to. Pretty sweet looker really.

Oh… and one reason I asked… was I was thinking of doing a model of this tank… for my collection. I know very little about post ww II tanks, and this one just looked so awesome.

That made me homesick.

Always ask – you'll never learn otherwise!

(And as an 11H anti-armor infantryman it's an M60A3)

Oh… and one reason I asked… was I was thinking of doing a model of this tank… for my collection. I know very little about post ww II tanks, and this one just looked so awesome.

Are you thinking of doing a wargaming model, or a 1/35 scale model? If the latter, AFV Club is supposedly coming out with a kit sometime this year. Barring that the Italeri kit (ex-Esci) is the most accurate/detailed kit on the market now, with the Academy kits being slightly better copies of Tamiya's ancient kit (some of the parts date back IIRC to the late '60s/early '70s)…

Damon.

There is one only a mile away from me at a VFW, will stop to see if it has a marker and what model it is.

Yep, the M60 is familiar to me as well … Does not surprise me that it unknown to that individual … Most civilians don't know the difference between an AFV and a big construction tractor … If it has tracks on it … it's a tank ! LOL !!

My dad worked at the Material and Training Equipment Sites (MATES) on Fort Hood for many, many years. They maintained all of the vehicles for the 49th Armored Division (Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisianna National Guard units) and loaned out vehicles to National Guard units from all over the US doing annual training on Fort Hood. For most of my childhood, they were equipped with M60s and to me that is the definition of 'tank'. When the 49th AD transitioned to M1's, MATES was basically giving away M60A3s to anyone who would give them a home and nominally promise to take care of them. They demilitarized them and shipped them out all over the country.

I sent my parents a picture of me by an M109. They wrote back why was I by a tank, wasnt I in the Artillery.

Owen

Only dumb questions are the one you never ask.

"Dude, what hours are the computer lab open on Christmas?" Sorry, this is a dumb question and I heard it least ten times every semester when I worked for (spit!) Tulane University.

LT

The main identifying characteristics are the thermal shroud on the main gun tube. And the mast for the wind sensor on the left rear of the turret roof.

Also the top-loading air filter boxes, which this vehicle has. It also has the M48 wheels, another sign its probably an A3.