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West Mead Township near Meadville in Crawford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

M60A1

Built in 1972

 
 
M60A1 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 11, 2019
1. M60A1 Marker
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Combat Weight: 105,000 pounds
Length: 273"
Width with gun forward: 371"
Width: 141" Height: 126.8"

Armament:
105mm M68 — 63 rounds
12.7 mm MG — 900 rounds
.30 cal MG — 5950 round

Engine:
Continental 12 Cylinder
Turbo charged diesel
Fuel Capacity: 385 gallons
Road Speed: 30 mph
Range: 300 miles
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 37.85′ N, 80° 8.11′ W. Memorial is near Meadville, Pennsylvania, in Crawford County. It is in West Mead Township. It can be reached from South Morgan Street north of Whittier Avenue, on the right when traveling north. On the ground of the Harm Jan Huidekooper Veterans of Foreign Wars. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 44314 South Morgan Street, Meadville PA 16335, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania and in Greater Erie. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the
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Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hillcrest (approx. 0.6 miles away); Huidekoper Land Company Office (approx. Ύ mile away); Richard Henderson (approx. Ύ mile away); Raymond Philip Shafer (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dedicated to All Veterans… (approx. 0.9 miles away); Unitarian Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Crawford County (approx. 0.9 miles away); Company "A" 211th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Meadville.
 
M60A1 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 11, 2019
2. M60A1 Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 286 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 14, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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