M60A3 Main Battle Tank - Winnemucca, NV
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N 40° 59.406 W 117° 44.321
11T E 437866 N 4537920
M60A3 Main Battle Tank
Waymark Code: WMDT4H
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2012
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The 105mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank, 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US and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world today despite being superseded by the M1 Abrams in the US military. Egypt is currently the largest operator with 1,700 upgraded M60A3s, Turkey is second with more than 900 upgraded units in service, and Israel is third with over 700 units of Israeli variants.
Armament: 1-M68 105mm main gun; 1-M85 .50 caliber machine gun; 1-M73 7.62mm machine gun
Crew: 4
Max Speed: 30 mph
Source: Wikipedia
Location restrictions:
Located in Nevada Veterans Memorial Park, Winnemucca, NV on the west side of US95 about 1.4mi north of the US40/US95 junction in Winnemucca, NV
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