Defense industry giants Raytheon and Leonardo have begun to market M60 upgrades in recent years that could extend the useful life of the design. Among the upgrades is a 120mm smoothbore main gun, ...

Article Summary: The M60 Patton, a Cold War-era main battle tank, remains a symbol of American military innovation. The tank had one mission: beat the Soviet Union on any battlefield or its proxy ...

Just how far can you soup up a tank from the 1960s? The M60 Patton was the mainstay of the U.S tank fleet in the 1960s and 1970s, before being replaced by the M1 Abrams tank currently in service.

After World War II, the United States raced to counter Soviet heavy tanks with the massive M103, armed with a 120mm gun and ...