M60-2000 Main Battle Tank
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| M60-2000 | |
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| Type | Main battle tank |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 56.52 tonnes (62.30 short tons; 55.63 long tons) |
| Length | 9.55 m (31 ft 4 in) (including gun) |
| Width | 3.77 m (12 ft 5 in) |
| Height | 2.89 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Crew | 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver) |
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| Armor | Unknown |
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Main
armament |
120 mm M256 Smoothbore Cannon |
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Secondary
armament |
2 x 7.62 (0.30 in) MGs and 1 x 12.7 mm (0.50 in) 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 |
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Operational
range |
443 km (275 mi) |
| Speed | 51.6 km/h (33 mph) |
The M60-2000, or 120S, is a modernized M60 Patton main battle tank marketed for export by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The development of the M60-2000 was primarily due to thousands of M60 MBTs in service with many nations unable to afford a sufficient force of more modern main battle tanks. 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.
Turkey considered upgrading their M60s to M60-2000 standard, but then decided to opt for the Israeli upgrade package Sabra (tank) instead. General 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 until it was finally refused and replaced by a national upgrade.[citation needed]
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