Lexington in Dawson County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

M60A1 Main Battle Tank

Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 25, 2006

1. M60A1 Main Battle Tank Marker

Inscription. This tank weighs 53 tons with crew and equipment. The armament is one 105 mm main gun, a 7.62, co-axial machine gun and a .50 caliber m85 machine gun on the commanders cupola. The hull and turret are homogeneous steel castings.

The tank is equipped with a mounted bulldozer M9 used to clear mines and other combat related earth moving. The main gun is in the rear “stowed” position.

Supported by a torsion bar suspension, the tank is powered by a 12 cylinder, air-cooled, Diesel engine, built by Continental, generating 750 hp at 2,400 rpm. Recommended speed is 30 mph with an average fuel consumption of 1.3 gallons per mile.

Erected by Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm.

Location. 40° 44.545′ N, 99° 44.25′ W. Memorial is in Lexington, Nebraska, in Dawson County. It is on Heartland Road. The museum is off I-80, exit 237. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 606 Heartland Road, Lexington NE 68850, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Nebraska and in the Platte River Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle (within shouting distance of this marker); Plum Creek Railroad Attack (approx. 5 miles away); Sarepta Gore Fly

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(approx. 8.4 miles away); Oregon Trail (approx. 8.4 miles away); Pony Express (approx. 8.4 miles away); Historic Plum Creek History (approx. 8.4 miles away); Historic Plum Creek Cemetery Information & Directory (approx. 8.4 miles away); a different marker also named The Plum Creek Massacre (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Plum Creek Massacre (was approx. 8.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Plum Creek Massacre Site (was approx. 8.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

M60A1 Main Battle Tank image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 25, 2006

2. M60A1 Main Battle Tank

M-28 Weasel located in the museum building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 25, 2006

3. M-28 Weasel located in the museum building

The first reported "combat use" of the M-28 was at the invasion of Kiska Island off the Alaskan coast on August 18, 1942. The invasion force of 34,000 troops was unaware that the Japanese had evacuated the island 2 weeks prior.

Other military vehicles at the museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 25, 2006

4. Other military vehicles at the museum

Sign on the Museum building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 25, 2006

5. Sign on the Museum building

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 860 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 22, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.