M60A3 Tank - Vermontville, MI
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bobfrapples8
N 42° 37.658 W 085° 01.472
16T E 661989 N 4721356
This M60A3 main battle tank is located in Veterans' Memorial Park in Vermontville, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM1680K
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane
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M60A3 main battle tank on display at the northeast corner of Main and 1st Streets in downtown Vermontville, Michigan.

The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. The US Army considered it a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design. The design similarities are evident comparing the original version of the M60 and the M48A2. It has been sometimes informally grouped as a member of the Patton tank family. The United States fully committed to the MBT doctrine in 1963, when the Marine Corps retired the last (M103) heavy tank battalion. The M60 tank series became America's primary main battle tank during the Cold War. Over 15,000 M60s were built by Chrysler. Hull production ended in 1983, but 5,400 older models were converted to the M60A3 variant ending in 1990. -M60 Tank
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