There were 12,000 M60 series tanks made. I only had 5, as a young US Army 2LT, in Germany, on the US/Russian Sector Border (1970). The 105mm cannon was standard for all NATO units at the time. The commentator talks about the APDS round, but we also had HEAT, HEP and Smoke (WP). It carried 63 main gun rounds.
+Stephen Taylor As a russian I respect you as former enemy. But I believe that all people on Earth need to unite. Americans are good warriors and we Russians too. May your friends and family live and long and happy life and don't ever see war.
+Philipp U. Yes but fn stabilization came later. We had armor piercing discarding sabot rounds in our tanks for flank shots. as they had a velocity over 4,000 fps. They were a steel casting, inside a can, which contained a tungsten carbide shaft. There were only about 16 APDS rounds on our tanks. Other rounds were 'willie pete' which was white phosphorous, high explosive anti-tank (HEAT), and high explosive plastic. Other rounds available included flechette and canister.
+iloverebeccachambers You are right. It's better this way. We could hear Russian soldiers on the radio. They always ended their transmission with a number. It was how many days until they could go home. I wish we could all learn to stop killing each other.
Ya... still remember using a ball peen hammer to check the tracks for loose wedge bolts.... and finding the driver's escape hatches on tank trails while down range when someone failed to strap in dogging lever... and when it rained on the outside, it rained just as hard on the inside. I still laugh when people think that you are going to be dry inside a tank when it rains. But I would trade it all to back there again. I spent time on the M48A5, M60A1 and M60A3 and served in all 4 crew positions while in the Army. Shout out to all my fellow '60 Tankers out there!
Drivers hatch closed, I was dry but road march I took my poncho and had it held in place by the periscope covers...not too wet. Up to our ass in mud in Germany.
A small assault unit I was in during war games in FT. Stewart Georgia sneaked in behind one of these M60’s in its exhaust into the TOC Tactical Operations Command. We noticed that every time a tank would enter the guards would look away because of the dust and debris that it blew around. 5 of us waited until dark and got behind the tank and got inside the perimeter without any incident. About 30 minutes later we captured their communications and their commander. Was the coolest thing I had done up until that day. I miss the army so much.
We used to see the M60 Tanks at the Detroit Tank Arsenal in Warren, Michigan in the 1970's. They used to test run the tanks with the turret pointed rearward and their engines were loud. They had a water tank there and full test track. Neat video!
11D20, same thing a bit earler on, got a bit tricked by the recruiter, I wanted to drive a M60 but it turned out a guarantee for 11Armor wasn't quite the same thing. Recon turned out to be a lot more fun than being a line animal, but a M114 with a Chevy 283 wasn't quite the same thing.
Guaranteed to jam every time its fired. My platoons Sgt jammed his in combat during Desert Storm when he tried to destroy some Iraqi SPGs with it, lol.
+ProjecthuntanFish I was a commander on the M60 in 1975 and fabricated a chute so it wouldn't jam. They never wanted to use it but every tank in my platoon used it and never had a jam since adopting it! Go figure!
+ProjecthuntanFish Loading the cupola tray was the key. There was nothing wrong with the M85. If you learned to load the cupola tray correctly the M85 on high rate was bad to the bone.
I was a 19D1O, and "cross trained" on the M60-A1 as a "loader". I'm 75" "short", and had no problems with the job. 1st Inf. Div. (Mech.), 1/4 Cavalry Troop "B" 1980-1983.
Still looking for the searchlight, standard eqpt. on 3AD tanks. (74-77). I was 2-6 FA, and 1-33 (2nd BCT) was our Armor guys, and was around for the start of the M60A2 retrofit.
That appears to be an M60A3 TTS, which arrived after your time. The TTS tanks did not use a searchlight as it was not needed. (TTS stands for Tank Thermal Sight)...
@@dammitttman8 It was *unofficially* called Patton by the soldiers who used it, mostly because the early models were basically a development of the M48 and closely resembled its predecessor, however it was never officially given a name by the US Army. For some reason, the Americans stopped naming their army vehicles in the 60s. Neither the M103 heavy tank nor the M113 APC had names.
I was fortunate in late 1978 to draw a brand new M60A1. My company was chosen as an alternate to the Canadian Army Trophy shoot-off so hence the new tanks. Other than that it was pure drudgery being a tank crewman in the US army in the early 80s.
I really don't know where Bovington get their commentators from. Modern tanks ARE made of metal. Laminate armour can only be attached to a steel framework. Modern MBT'S ( c2, lEO2 ETC) have fabricated steel underturrets and hulls, to which the laminate/modular armour is added. Over the laminate etc, is what is called COSMETIC armour,i.e, the outer skin which is steel.
It had a far better gun. It more than held it's own against T-62s in the Yom Kippur War. Then again, Israeli crews were better than Egyptian or Syrian crews. I like the Chietain myself.
We couldn’t match them in ouantity ,so we had to beat them in ouality.same thinking behind the Panther and the Tiger.times change ,regimes change but military thinking is the same over the centuries.
it wasn't until the 1982 Lebanon war, where the battle of sultan yacoub occurred and the Israeli army lost. at the time the Syrian army finally acquired T-72a and T-72b tanks, the Syrians managed to stop the advancing I.D.F forces and destroyed 8 M48A3 tanks. but who cares right? :D btw there is a vodka and shashlik party at my place tonight! there will be a lot of vodka and cheeki breeki hardbass!
@@eeyore.official Except it isn’t. The US soldiers who had used the M48 before they got the M60 kept calling the M60 the “Patton” because of the family resemblance between the two. The original M60 was basically an M48 with a 105mm gun, but Army had dropped the name Patton. They seemed to stop giving names to any of their vehicles of that era.
Αδερφέ ειναι σε ένα tank exibition στην Αγγλία, εκεί τουρκικά δεν έχει. Η παραλλαγή όπως άκουσες να λέει είναι παραλλαγή ερήμου του αμερικανικού στρατού όταν πολέμησε το τεθωρακισμενο στον πρώτο πόλεμο του κόλπου το 1991
The M60 was a development of the M48, which was a development of the M47, which was a development of the M46, which was basically a WWII M26 Pershing with a better engine. Also, it naturally bears a family resemblance to the M48, and we sold a lot of those the Spanish. Most American war movies from the 1960s were shot in Spain with Spanish army M48s dressed up as the “Germans.” This included the movie _Patton,_ so the “German” tanks fighting against George Patton were Patton tanks.
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There were 12,000 M60 series tanks made. I only had 5, as a young US Army 2LT, in Germany, on the US/Russian Sector Border (1970). The 105mm cannon was standard for all NATO units at the time. The commentator talks about the APDS round, but we also had HEAT, HEP and Smoke (WP). It carried 63 main gun rounds.
+Stephen Taylor he mentions Fins, so he is talking about the APDS-FS, right?
+Stephen Taylor As a russian I respect you as former enemy. But I believe that all people on Earth need to unite. Americans are good warriors and we Russians too. May your friends and family live and long and happy life and don't ever see war.
+iloverebeccachambers that's a pretty cool comment! peace from Canada.
+Philipp U. Yes but fn stabilization came later. We had armor piercing discarding sabot rounds in our tanks for flank shots. as they had a velocity over 4,000 fps. They were a steel casting, inside a can, which contained a tungsten carbide shaft. There were only about 16 APDS rounds on our tanks. Other rounds were 'willie pete' which was white phosphorous, high explosive anti-tank (HEAT), and high explosive plastic. Other rounds available included flechette and canister.
+iloverebeccachambers You are right. It's better this way. We could hear Russian soldiers on the radio. They always ended their transmission with a number. It was how many days until they could go home. I wish we could all learn to stop killing each other.
Ya... still remember using a ball peen hammer to check the tracks for loose wedge bolts.... and finding the driver's escape hatches on tank trails while down range when someone failed to strap in dogging lever... and when it rained on the outside, it rained just as hard on the inside. I still laugh when people think that you are going to be dry inside a tank when it rains. But I would trade it all to back there again. I spent time on the M48A5, M60A1 and M60A3 and served in all 4 crew positions while in the Army. Shout out to all my fellow '60 Tankers out there!
SPEED AND POWER Maintz Germany 1980s
Drivers hatch closed, I was dry but road march I took my poncho and had it held in place by the periscope covers...not too wet. Up to our ass in mud in Germany.
A small assault unit I was in during war games in FT. Stewart Georgia sneaked in behind one of these M60’s in its exhaust into the TOC Tactical Operations Command. We noticed that every time a tank would enter the guards would look away because of the dust and debris that it blew around. 5 of us waited until dark and got behind the tank and got inside the perimeter without any incident. About 30 minutes later we captured their communications and their commander. Was the coolest thing I had done up until that day. I miss the army so much.
With a good gunner and a smart TC, this is still a very deadly tank.
"On The Way!!"
TC on one of these '86-90. It's great to see them restored and displayed for all to see.
The marines actually did use the M60 in combat during the 91' gulf war.
I was in one then
@@ProjecthuntanFish Thank you
Dtrp 4th Cav, Our Old M60 were given to the Marines Dec 25th 91, all 9 of them. We received M1A1s on the same day.
There was one army unit who used them during the Gulf war they came out of the 197th INF brigade out of Ft Benning
We used to see the M60 Tanks at the Detroit Tank Arsenal in Warren, Michigan in the 1970's. They used to test run the tanks with the turret pointed rearward and their engines were loud. They had a water tank there and full test track. Neat video!
I was a 19D20 cavalry scout and was crossed trained in the M48A5 and the M60A3 both were great tanks. (This is my wife's account)
19 echo
11D20, same thing a bit earler on, got a bit tricked by the recruiter, I wanted to drive a M60 but it turned out a guarantee for 11Armor wasn't quite the same thing. Recon turned out to be a lot more fun than being a line animal, but a M114 with a Chevy 283 wasn't quite the same thing.
"Not an awful lot of room in that turret" What? I'm 6'2, and this tank was roomy for me. It's huge. I liked it more than the M1 Abrams.
Drove many a mile in my M60!
lovely sight and sound
Ah the M60 with its wonderful M85 .50 cal jamamatic machine gun otherwise known as a boat anchor!
ProjecthuntanFish I take it the MG was a pig of a thing occasionally.
Guaranteed to jam every time its fired. My platoons Sgt jammed his in combat during Desert Storm when he tried to destroy some Iraqi SPGs with it, lol.
+ProjecthuntanFish He must've been pissed.
+ProjecthuntanFish I was a commander on the M60 in 1975 and fabricated a chute so it wouldn't jam. They never wanted to use it but every tank in my platoon used it and never had a jam since adopting it! Go figure!
+ProjecthuntanFish Loading the cupola tray was the key. There was nothing wrong with the M85. If you learned to load the cupola tray correctly the M85 on high rate was bad to the bone.
This is like the one I was on in Germany back in 67.
I was a 19D1O, and "cross trained" on the M60-A1 as a "loader". I'm 75" "short", and had no problems with the job.
1st Inf. Div. (Mech.), 1/4 Cavalry Troop "B" 1980-1983.
What makes tanks so interesting, since I was little I always fell in love with tanks, sometimes I don't know why
I LOVE.....those chirping noises the M60 makes...
The BEST diesel tank the USA built thank you for the video and thumbs UP. :)
I liked it over the M1 for rreason...more interior room for a taller bigger guy...
what the heck happened to my missing word?.."for another reason"....
To me M60A3 is the quintessential American tank. M1 Abrams is the most hyped-up one...
Sexy af! I love all tanks!
+Стефан Србија I love military things too! Greetings from Mother Russia!
So they really do squeak like you hear in the movies. Cool.
All tracked vehicles do.
Oh yes!!!,, as a gunner inside, it will put you to sleep, trust me, i know!! Lol
Trained on 48s at knox, stationed illishime germany. On 60s and 60a1s served 1970 to 1973. 3rd plt 4bn 35 arm 1st AD, C co. Iron horsemen
Cool to know these old boys took on t72's in desert Storm and won. Only lost 1 m60 in the battle aswell.
That's my favorite tank on tanktastic
he tan bien tengo este tanque en tanktastic
Abrams has always been my favorite its turret just looks so cool
Still looking for the searchlight, standard eqpt. on 3AD tanks. (74-77). I was 2-6 FA, and 1-33 (2nd BCT) was our Armor guys, and was around for the start of the M60A2 retrofit.
That appears to be an M60A3 TTS, which arrived after your time. The TTS tanks did not use a searchlight as it was not needed. (TTS stands for Tank Thermal Sight)...
Isnt this that one tank the governor had in the walking dead
Such a beautiful tank
My hometown has an original M60 on display with an M48 clam shell style turret.
fort knox trained, C2/172nd 50th armor
19E10 m48,m60 armor crewman
I trained on the 48 in Fort Knox in 1970
I drove a M60 in Illesheim Germany in the 1st Armor Division in 1970s
ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΩΡΑΙΟ ΑΡΜΑ ΤΟ ΕΧΩ ΟΔΗΓΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΤΗΡΙΣΗ
The M60 is not called Patton, only the M46, M47 and M48.
No the M60 was never officially called a Patton tank
after WW2 and Pattons death, they called everything with tracks a Patton
M60 is most definitely called a Patton tank.
@@dammitttman8 It was *unofficially* called Patton by the soldiers who used it, mostly because the early models were basically a development of the M48 and closely resembled its predecessor, however it was never officially given a name by the US Army. For some reason, the Americans stopped naming their army vehicles in the 60s. Neither the M103 heavy tank nor the M113 APC had names.
@@dave4854 Nope, just the M46, M47, and M48 tanks.
Beautiful design
I was fortunate in late 1978 to draw a brand new M60A1. My company was chosen as an alternate to the Canadian Army Trophy shoot-off so hence the new tanks. Other than that it was pure drudgery being a tank crewman in the US army in the early 80s.
I was sent to southeast Asia to retrieve patton tanks and drive them the airport to be loaded on C5S IN 1975 -7
Thailand? Because they do have M60s. Not sure about other SEA countries though.
I was lucky enough to be a tank crewman with the 185th in California
The M60 looked natty if nothing else.
Family tank Patton it Best of Best. M60 it alá F-4 Phantom II ground military panzer vehicles.
Super camuflage. Edward, Czech Republic.
Trained on the Patton 1971 Fort Knox
I really don't know where Bovington get their commentators from. Modern tanks ARE made of metal. Laminate armour can only be attached to a steel framework. Modern MBT'S ( c2, lEO2 ETC) have fabricated steel underturrets and hulls, to which the laminate/modular armour is added. Over the laminate etc, is what is called COSMETIC armour,i.e, the outer skin which is steel.
That's the museum curator 'David Willey'. Apparently an 'expert', but I haven't seen any evidence to support it
I didn't realize the basic structure of a modern tank was not steel...
awesome!
the m60 is huge I think, I'm like 5 foot 9 and I stand just barely above the track
this would be like natos equivalent to the soviets t-55
It had a far better gun. It more than held it's own against T-62s in the Yom Kippur War. Then again, Israeli crews were better than Egyptian or Syrian crews. I like the Chietain myself.
is that a 120 mm gun???
The Cherokee Indian Nation in Western N.C. has a M60 on the reservation and a few other venicles .
awesome tank
Rip Shawn Nelson...
Not a steel hull. Horizontally it presents 11 inches of aluminium
Wrong. It's steel.
I didn’t know that these tanks were used in the first golf war
M60 was not an Patton.
Great!
M60 vs t72 ?
Serious flaws in the narrators narrative. I'm not going to watch this again to pick them all out. Nice video, not even mediocre narrative.
i drove this at armored patrol roblox :D
They still make these in one countries don't they?
i love how the brits and germs brag about the "gun" a fucking hollow tube basically.
+mark park They're talking about the Breech and how good it is.
mark park
Rifled
But the shown is an M-60A3 and even the first M-60 with the 90mm that would have kicked the crap of T54-55.
dünyanın en iyi tankı
we made quality over quantity, just ask the germans how that strategy turned out.
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Indian soldier ABDUL HAMID destroy 7 patton tanks ..from indian side
In india pakistan war..
This was in the walking dead right?
We couldn’t match them in ouantity ,so we had to beat them in ouality.same thinking behind the Panther and the Tiger.times change ,regimes change but military thinking is the same over the centuries.
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Germans went 4 the quality...how that end up
bir altay değil
it wasn't until the 1982 Lebanon war, where the battle of sultan yacoub occurred and the Israeli army lost. at the time the Syrian army finally acquired T-72a and T-72b tanks, the Syrians managed to stop the advancing I.D.F forces and destroyed 8 M48A3 tanks. but who cares right? :D btw there is a vodka and shashlik party at my place tonight! there will be a lot of vodka and cheeki breeki hardbass!
allan chitra. Shit Happens
allan chitra m48 tanks are ww2 while t72 are late cold war tanks not really a accomplishment
Mrbrain bob m48 are korean war era tanks
The M 48 is not an M 60. 90mm vs 105mm to start. I crewed them both, `66-`69. I'll still drink vodka with you. Peace!
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AMERICANS DO NOT MAKE TANKS I GUARANTEE YOU THIS . SALUDOS
Then the Abrams replaced it
M60 is not a Patton!
+GlurakkJTV1 Except...it is..so....
GlurakkJTV1
you are absolutely right
@@eeyore.official Except it isn’t. The US soldiers who had used the M48 before they got the M60 kept calling the M60 the “Patton” because of the family resemblance between the two. The original M60 was basically an M48 with a 105mm gun, but Army had dropped the name Patton. They seemed to stop giving names to any of their vehicles of that era.
The governor
The tension on the track needs to be addressed. It sux.
the gun looks tiny
it is only a 105mm rifled cannon..
It is a turkish tank.I am greek and to the television we have see them.
Αδερφέ ειναι σε ένα tank exibition στην Αγγλία, εκεί τουρκικά δεν έχει. Η παραλλαγή όπως άκουσες να λέει είναι παραλλαγή ερήμου του αμερικανικού στρατού όταν πολέμησε το τεθωρακισμενο στον πρώτο πόλεμο του κόλπου το 1991
Yes, we sold a lot of them to Turkey. One of the biggest customers for the M60.
Leopard was a far superior tank of that time
+BLADEBILBY 12345 Leopard was new/under development and was never a direct competitor. your reasoning is faulty.
peppermint butler
and your women have hairey arm pits
Leo II may be best overall. "Ob Sturm oder Schneit…"
and I thought these tanks were used WW2😅😂😂😂😂
Ibrahim Ameel
JEEZ
The M60 was a development of the M48, which was a development of the M47, which was a development of the M46, which was basically a WWII M26 Pershing with a better engine.
Also, it naturally bears a family resemblance to the M48, and we sold a lot of those the Spanish. Most American war movies from the 1960s were shot in Spain with Spanish army M48s dressed up as the “Germans.” This included the movie _Patton,_ so the “German” tanks fighting against George Patton were Patton tanks.
Looks like the German ww2 tanks. Well. no wonder. The Americans used the German technology. Awesome looking tank.
You're full of shit, David. The M-60 doesn't look like any German tank from WW2.
Looks like an IS series soviet tank tho
The German tanks were not mechanically reliable most notably the Tiger series.
Copy from German Panzers LMAO Americans have no shame.
Thomas Schmidt How. This looks nothing like panzer. Maybe the panzer iii but barely.
It does resemble the Leopard 1… which entered service 5 years *after* the M60.
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