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Photographer: Snowshoe Thompson Chapter No. 1827 of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
Caption: M60A3 Tank s/n JJ03ZJ
Additional Description: The M60, also known unofficially as the M60 Patton, is a first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960. It was widely used by the US and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world today despite being superseded by the M1 Abrams in the US military.  The M60 series saw service with the United States Armed Services at least until 2005.  This tanks is powered by a Continental AVDS-1790-2 V12, air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine giving it a top speed of 30mph.  It is equipped with a M68 105mm main gun, one M85 .50 caliber machine gun, one M73 7.62mm (.30 caliber) machine gun and a crew of four.
Submitted: April 14, 2019.
Database Locator Identification Number: p470137
File Size: 0.050 Megabytes

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