Article Summary: The M60 Patton, a Cold War-era main battle tank, remains a symbol of American military innovation. The tank had one mission: beat the Soviet Union on any battlefield or its proxy ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Patton may reliably soldier on and contribute its heavy firepower to the battlefield—but in an era where minimizing casualties and denying propaganda victories to the ...

Just how far can you soup up a tank from the 1960s? The M60 Patton was the mainstay of the U.S tank fleet in the 1960s and 1970s, before being replaced by the M1 Abrams tank currently in service.

The M60 tank, a name full of iron-plated history, was first revealed in 1960 as a Cold War giant, a representation of American engineering and warfare might. The main battle tank, the heir to the ...

The M60 series of tanks was part of an evolution that began in the closing days of World War II. The tanks steadily improved and soldiered on, in their final form, until the advent of the M1 Abrams.

The M60 main battle tank was designed to counter Soviet armor, but for three decades one in Washington faced another adversary: Avalanches. That doesn’t mean tanks were used to attack an avalanche as ...