The key word being "most." In the 1970s, the United State military introduced the M60A2, unofficially known as the Starship. From the turret ring down, the M60A2 was your standard M60 Patton hull.

and the M60/M60A2 smoke screens. The barrel, produced by Mandus Group, is 27 calibers long, boasting a firing range of 11.6 km with ordinary ammunition, and up to 19.5 km by using rocket-assisted ...

The first version of the M60 AVLB was produced from 1963 to 1967. Most of the hulls of the M60A1 AVLB were old M60A2 Patton tanks, converted to AVLB as a result of an extensive modernization from 1987 ...

Ukraine. Photo credits: MilitaryLand The first version of the M60 AVLB was produced from 1963 to 1967. Most M60A1 AVLB hulls were former M60A2 Patton tanks converted by a deep upgrade to AVLB version ...

The US experiment with this kind of missile-launching tank in the 1970s was a failure: The M551 Sheridan and M60A2 "Starship" were less than popular, in part because their Shillelagh missiles were ...

The development of the M60A2 with a new turret fitted with a 152mm gun and missile launcher was halted and effort was directed to the development. The M60A3, which is an improved version of the M60A1, ...

T-72B3: Name of the AA machine gun has been corrected to 6P49. M60A2: Fire control has been added to the commander’s sight. XM975: Vertical aiming angles of the launcher have been fixed. Leopard 2PL: ...

The M60A2 “Starship” was less successful, boasting a forward-looking—but deeply flawed—152-millimeter Gun/Missile Launch system. The M60A2 could only fire while stationary, and the ...

"The M60A2 tank chassis is the foundation of the 30-year-old Assault Vehicle Launched Bridge system, and parts are difficult to find. It is important to have a base platform like the M1 chassis ...

First came the Patton line, which evolved in a pretty straightforward fashion from the M47 to the M60 with a few deviations such as the M60A2 Starship. Then came the Abrams, which serves on to ...

Tracing its influence back to the postwar M48 tank, when it appeared in 1960 few realised how important the M60 tank would become to so many countries around the world. The M60 was produced between ...