Changes: M60-2000 Main Battle Tank

M60-2000
M60-2000
	File:M602000.jpg
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	United States
Specifications
Mass	56.52 tonnes (62.30 short tons; 55.63 long tons)
Length	9.55m (31ft 4in) (including gun)
Width	3.77m (12ft 5in)
Height	2.89m (9ft 6in)
Crew	4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Armor	Unknown
Main; armament	120 mm M256 Smoothbore Cannon
Secondary; armament	2 x 7.62 (0.3in) MGs and 1 x 12.7mm (0.50in) MG
Engine	GDLS (General Dynamics Land Systems) AVDS-1790-9A V12, air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine; 895.5 kW (1200 hp)
Power/weight	22 hp/tonne
Suspension	Torsion bar suspension
Operational; range	443 km (275 mi)
Maximum speed	51.6 km/h (33 mph)

Revision as of 01:15, 24 June 2019

The General Dynamics M60-2000 or 120S is an upgrade of the M60 Patton tank. The development of the M60-2000 was primarily due to thousands of M60 Main Battle Tanks in service with many nations unable to afford a sufficient force of more modern main battle tanks. General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) devised the M60-2000 upgrade, offering many features of the M1A1 Abrams to existing M60 users at a reduced cost.

The M60-2000 was a GDLS supplied conversion kit, including the gun turret and 120 mm (4.72 in) smoothbore gun of the M1A1/M1A2, to the M60. The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. Along with a new turret, a new diesel powerpack and the transmission system of the M1 were installed on the M60-2000, and has been tested in a standard M60 chassis.

The first potential customer is Turkey. Gneral Dynamics Land Systems has offered to build a prototype of its proposed M60-2000 upgrade of the M60A3 main battle tank to be evaluated by Egypt. The Egyptian Army was considering this offer till it was finally refused and replaced by a national upgrade.

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 The General Dynamics '''M60-2000''' or '''120S''' is an upgrade of the [[M60 Patton]] tank. The development of the M60-2000 was primarily due to thousands of M60 [[Main Battle Tank]]s in service with many nations unable to afford a sufficient force of more modern main battle tanks. [[General Dynamics Land Systems]] (GDLS) devised the M60-2000 upgrade, offering many features of the [[M1 Abrams|M1A1 Abrams]] to existing M60 users at a reduced cost.
-The M60-2000 was a GDLS supplied conversion kit, including the [[gun turret]] and 120&nbsp;mm (4.72&nbsp;in) [[Rheinmetall 120 mm Gun|smoothbore gun]] of the M1A1/M1A2, to the M60. The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. Along with a new turret, a new diesel [[Powerpack (drivetrain)|powerpack]] and the transmission system of the M1 were installed on the M60-2000, and has been tested in a standard M60 [[chassis]].
+The M60-2000 was a GDLS supplied conversion kit, including the [[gun turret]] and 120&nbsp;mm (4.72&nbsp;in) [[Rheinmetall 120 mm Gun|smoothbore gun]] of the M1A1/M1A2, to the M60. The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. Along with a new turret, a new diesel [[Powerpack (drivetrain)|powerpack]] and the transmission system of the M1 were installed on the M60-2000, and has been tested in a standard M60 chassis.
 The first potential customer is Turkey. Gneral Dynamics Land Systems has offered to build a prototype of its proposed M60-2000 upgrade of the M60A3 main battle tank to be evaluated by Egypt. The Egyptian Army was considering this offer till it was finally refused and replaced by a national upgrade.
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 ==See also==
 *[[Sabra (tank)]]
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 *[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m60-2000.htm M60-2000 / 120S Main Battle Tank]
 *[http://www.army-technology.com/projects/m60/ M60A3 Upgrades]
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