Older Israeli M60 upgrade
Posted on 05/11/2016 4:43:53 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Older Israeli M60 upgrade
Ping.
I kind of liked the old M60. Its get-up-and-go surprised me. It was pretty cramped in the turret; and, it was a long step for me getting inside.
No mention is made of a suspension upgrade to go with added armor and bigger engine. By comparison to the M1 series tank, the M60s are bone crushing rough riding and can break torsion bars pretty easily. Not sure how the ruigh ride affects fire control components.
The upgrade should also concentrate on making them networked, and unmanned. RPTs are the future, manned tanks are the past.
Isn’t a M60A2 already a killing machine? If Raytheon could turn a homemade biscuit into a killing machine, that might be news worthy, no?
Basic design dates to the Korean War. It was an upgrade of the M-48, so this would be an upgrade to an upgraded upgrade.
Wow, I can tell from your words that you come from a civilized, Western country that puts a high value on human life.
Other countries, more primitive than ours, do not have that handicap. Their soldier are expendable.
That is a remarkably durable tank. I wonder how many we have in inventory.
At one time, we had citizen soldiers, and, while considered somewhat expendable, they were highly valued. Today we have a “soldier class” that is considered (by their political masters) to be assets to use and discard as needed.
An all volunteer force is quickly treated as a mercenary force by their CIC, as we are seeing today.
BTW, the Airforce has wanted to get the “man out of the cockpit” since the 60s. Our adversaries are developing drone fighting vehicles, we need to quit fighting the last war and do the same.
“At one time, we had citizen soldiers, and, while considered somewhat expendable, they were highly valued. Today we have a “soldier class” that is considered (by their political masters) to be assets to use and discard as needed.”
I think it’s just the opposite; when there was the military draft, the Army didn’t bear the full cost of its manpower and thus treated it as inexpensive and expendable. With the volunteer service, the military sees the full cost of each recruit, and views him or her as a valuable asset that would be costly to replace.
M60A2? You mean the missile firer (Shillelagh) tank?
I’d send you some of my wife’s biscuits but it would get me on the terror watch list... Army Cooks - Death From Within
M60a2's only saving grace was the Shilleleigh missile.....the only warhead big enough to take the turret off an M1A1...but it was too big, too slow, and too expensive. All M60a2s are in museums now.
BS! I was a tanker. M6o ride was NOT bone crushing.
LOL! That was my first thought as well.
Hey, look Ma, I turned a killing machine into a killing machine. I be smart.
Old War horses make me Smile!
Uh... that is not an M60 of any variant and none of them fired Missiles of any type.
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