![]() ![]() The M1A1 turret has a stabilised 120 mm M256 smoothbore gun fitted with a thermal sleeve and fume extractor, 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun and 7.62 and 12.7 mm roof mounted machine guns. Full details of these two elements are given under separate entries elsewhere in this section.Ĭompared with the M60 MBT on which it is based, the M60-2000 MBT has major improvements in the key areas of survivability, lethality and mobility.Īccording to the company, the M1A1 turret equipped with the latest non-DU armour and full ammunition compartmentalisation makes the M60-2000 configuration the only truly survivable M60 MBT upgrade available. The M60-2000 MBT consists of an upgraded M60 MBT chassis fitted with the combat proven turret of the M1A1 MBT armed with a 120 mm M256 smoothbore gun. General Dynamics Land Systems has already briefed Greece, Egypt and Turkey on the M60-2000 with the first prototype expected to be completed in mid-2001. ![]() The M60-2000 is aimed at those countries which have an existing fleet of M60 MBTs and have the industrial capability to undertake an upgrade of this type. ![]() General Dynamics Land Systems envisages that for the M60-2000 MBT it would supply or co-produce the key subsystems which would then be assembled and integrated into the user's own facilities. Full details of the M60 MBT are given in the entry for General Dynamics Land Systems M60 series of MBT. Over 25 countries still deploy the M60 series MBT and most will continue to operate these well into the 21st century. General Dynamics Land Systems, prime contractor for the M1/M1A1/M1A2 Abrams series Main Battle Tank (MBT), covered in detail in a separate entry, is marketing a new export version of the M60 series MBT called the M60-2000.Īs a result of the end of the Cold War and the downsizing of the US Army, large numbers of M60A3/M60A3 TTS (Tank Thermal Sight) MBTs have been passed onto other countries including Egypt, Greece, Portugal and Turkey. ![]()
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