This the one with new diesel 950HP engine and M1A1 quality targeting and gun?
The export version...
This is just Raytheon wanting some new cash. I don’t think we’ll be returning to using a Cold War tank any time soon.
I guess you could buy a Garmin and drop it in a Sherman, and say its upgraded with new technology.
Unless and until they re-armour the vehicle with Chobham, they are wasting their time. We used M-60’s as target practice for the Abrams using tungsten sabot rounds. Went right through them. HEAT rounds would ignite the rounds inside and blow the turret off of its rings. They could over burden the power train with reactive but that would only prevent RPGs from compromising the hull. The skirt is a nice addition but it had better hang low enough to prevent mobility kills. Once the Patton stops, it is an easy target.
As does USAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams for Base Recovery After Attack (BRAAT) during war time. Used with a modified M9 dozer blade to clear submunitions from airfields and as a heavy armor base for small munitions disruption (SMUD) clearance operations using the on board M85, the MaDuce, Barrett M82A1, Scoped M1A rifles etc.... Used to be a two week course on driving and maintenance, then delivered to us with a grease gun, 5 gallon bucket of grease, wrench, string for track tension, manual and do not remove tags on every damn thing till ya read the manual. Of course we were two week wonder wing nuts with maybe 50 hours of actual operation of the tank.
Desert Storm was first and last time for use in my career....... loved the M60A3.
The tank does its best work when you’re machine-gunning communications vans or driving through mess tents.
Egypt is now the number one user of the M60/M60A1 in the world.